Posted in DNA, Monitoring, Preservation, Wisconsin on Aug 30th, 2010
http://www.twincities.com/opinion/ci_15832238?nclick_check=1
On a tradition, trails, trackers and more …
Pioneer Press
SETTLE DOWN, COUGAR
Some of us crossed this continent in search of a mate. But chances are we did it with assistance from an internal combustion engine or an airplane.
But consider the lovelorn Vadnais Heights cougar. This is the 125-pound male cat who was sighted in the [...]
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http://www.twincities.com/ci_15809501?source=most_emailed&nclick_check=1
TwinCities.com – Pioneer Press
Cougar spotted in Twin Cities, Wisconsin has roamed far and wide looking for love
DNA test of droppings links far-flung sightings to a single male cat
By Chris Niskanen
cniskanen@pioneerpress.com
Updated: 08/17/2010 11:40:28 PM CDT
The same cougar that roamed through the Twin Cities in December traveled hundreds of miles in Wisconsin last winter, leaving tracks, scat and [...]
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http://dnr.wi.gov/news/DNRNews_article_Lookup.asp?id=1506
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
Weekly News Article Published: August 17, 2010 by the Central Office
Cougars’ elusive nature makes tracking a challenge for state wildlife officials
MADISON — A few drops of blood, preserved by an alert warden, proves that while one male cougar was tracking through St. Croix and Dunn counties this past December, another male [...]
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http://www.twincities.com/localnews/ci_14250983
TwinCities.com – Pioneer Press
DNA sample from Twin Cities flawed
By Andy Rathbun
arathbun@pioneerpress.com
DNA test results from recent cougar sightings in Minnesota and Wisconsin could not confirm that all the sightings were of the same animal.
The tests by wildlife officials did show that the cat seen in Wisconsin’s St. Croix and Dunn counties were the same. But samples [...]
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Posted in DNA, Minnesota, Monitoring on Dec 13th, 2009
http://www.parkrapidsenterprise.com/event/image/id/9729/
Park Rapids Enterprise
Published December 12 2009
By: Sarah Smith, Park Rapids Enterprise
DNA testing continues on a young male cougar killed by a car Sept. 18 in Bemidji, but early indications may be that a stranger was in our midst.
“The DNA did not match any other cougar in the database so all that tells us is it’s [...]
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http://www2.tbo.com/content/2009/sep/06/na-slain-panthers-ga-trip-a-rarity-officials-say/news-breaking/
TAMPA – A DNA test recently confirmed that a big cat killed in November in western Georgia was a Florida panther, but biologists say it doesn’t mean the endangered animals are expanding their range.
Biologists say the estimated 100 to 120 panthers live almost exclusively in southern Florida and there’s no evidence they are establishing themselves [...]
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Posted in California, DNA, Monitoring on Aug 19th, 2009
The female, found recently in the Santa Monica Mountains, could be descended from the habitat’s lion king. If so, researchers say, that could prove the ecosystem is viable for mountain cats.
http://www.latimes.com/news/local/la-me-mountain-lion18-2009aug18,0,3726475.story
A recently discovered female cougar could be a princess.
The cougar, a mountain lion named Puma 13, or P-13 for short, may be a descendant [...]
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http://www2.oanow.com/oan/news/opinion/bob_mount/article/bob_mount_florida_panther_killing_a_real_shame/87051/
oanow.com – Opelika & Auburn, Alabama
Bob Mount
Columnist
Published: August 11, 2009
Several weeks ago an article appeared in area newspapers depicting an exceptionally large cat-like animal that had been killed by a “hunter” in central western Georgia not far from the Alabama boundary. It resembled a Florida panther, an endangered species known with certainty to occur only [...]
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