http://www.care2.com/causes/south-dakota-mountain-lion-walks-to-connecticut.html A cougar, dubbed the St. Croix Mountain lion — for a number of confirmed sightings in St. Croix County, Wisconsin — was hit and killed by a SUV in Milford, Connecticut on June 11, 2011. The driver was uninjured. The eastern mountain lion has been considered extirpated or extinct since the 1930’s, so a [...]
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The correct term is extirpated, not extinct, because the cougar species, Puma concolor, still exists in the West, southern Florida and Latin America. Here is the link to a website that summarizes regulations regarding the ownership of cougars and other potentially dangerous animals in various states – http://wcclas.org/images/forms/StateStatutesSummary.pdf Also, since September 17, 2007. it has been illegal [...]
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http://www.earthisland.org/journal/index.php/eij/article/cat_eyes Earth Island Journal Summer 2011 Cat Eyes The Eastern Cougar Has Been Declared Extinct. So Why Do Sightings of the Animal Persist? By Christopher Ketcham In March, three weeks after the US Fish and Wildlife Service declared the eastern cougar officially extinct, I got on the phone with a man named Joe Kennedy to talk [...]
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The US Fish and Wildlife Service’s announcement of the extinction of the eastern cougar is based on science that was outdated when it was published in 1946. Modern DNA analysis indicates that there is only one subspecies of cougar in North America, Puma concolor couguar. That being the case, cougars and Florida panthers could be reintroduced to [...]
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A radio interview featuring New York ecologist Ray Curan, US FWS biologist Mark McCollough, DNA expert Melanie Culver and Cougar Rewilding’s John Laundre. http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17394/20110329/will-mountain-lions-find-their-way-home-to-the-north-country North Country Public Radio Will mountain lions find their way home to the North Country? Will cougars occupy caves and cliffs in the Adirondack woods (Source: Brian Mann) (03/29/11) Yesterday, we [...]
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A 5:50 minute radio broadcast which includes an interview with Heidi Kretser of the Wildlife Conservation Society. http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17386/20110328/officially-extinct-mountain-lions-still-haunt-the-adirondacks NPR News – North Country Public Radio Officially extinct, mountain lions still haunt the Adirondacks Click on this link for the text of the complete broadcast. Scientists say this animal may be the last eastern mountain lion, [...]
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Outdoor reporter Tom Venesky commenting on the Cougar Rewilding Foundation’s press release that cougars aren’t needed to control the East’s deer herd misunderstands our point. Without necessarily thinning the herd, cougar presence daily moves deer around, keeping them from using every square inch of their home range. This daily movement changes the way deer browse, [...]
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Vermont Public Radio: eastern cougar Catamounts Extinct In Vermont Monday, 03/07/11 12:08pm – Mitch Wertlieb, VPR News Decades have passed since the last confirmed sighting of a catamount in our region and wildlife biologists have have been unable to find evidence of the animal, despite dozens of reported sightings each year. On March 2, the [...]
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