Posted in Illinois on May 26th, 2009
http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/1588536,CST-NWS-cougar24.article
Chicago Sun-Times
ROSCOE VILLAGE | Remains stored at Field Museum for science — not display
May 23, 2009
BY MAUREEN O’DONNELL
Remember the Chicago cougar?
It has been slightly more than a year since it was shot by police as it wandered Roscoe Village.
Afterward, there was talk that it might get mounted and put on public display.
The answer is [...]
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Posted in Education, Preservation, Video DVD on May 24th, 2009
http://www.lordsofnature.org/index.html
Top predators may hold a key to life itself.
Can people and predators coexist? Can we afford not to?
Birds, butterflies, beaver and antelope, wildflowers and frogs — could their survival possibly be connected to top predators like the wolf and cougar? Narrated by Peter Coyote, Green Fire Productions has created a captivating documentary that goes [...]
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Posted in ECF, Monitoring on May 24th, 2009
An illustrated report on ECF’s 2007 search for evidence of cougars in the Land Between the Lakes National Recreation Area in western Kentucky and Tennessee, using remote cameras and a hair pole baited with Marc Gauthier’s pheromone lure, has been posted on our website:
http://www.easterncougar.org/pages/camsurv_LBL_07.html
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Posted in Co-existence, S. Dakota on May 22nd, 2009
http://www.kotaradio.com/about-us.asp
Radio 1380 KOTA
While ranchers are worried about mountain lions attacking their livestock, one study said there is nothing to worry about.
The Black Hills Mountain Lion Foundation studied the stomachs of 14 of the felines to see what they were eating.
The study said no livestock were found.
However, Game, Fish and Parks Supervisor Mike Kintigh said the [...]
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Posted in California, Co-existence on May 21st, 2009
One of the most carefully watched small cougar populations lives in the Santa Monica National Recreation Area. This patch of excellent habitat, large enough for only one adult territorial male, is hemmed in by freeways and development. If cougars are restored to the East, they will face similar challenges.
http://laist.com/2009/05/20/mountain_lion_killed_5_freeway.php
laist.com
Sad. Mountain Lion Found Dead on [...]
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Posted in Arkansas, Hoax, Remote Camera on May 19th, 2009
A majority of the photos and videos of assumed cougars that we in the Eastern Cougar Foundation see are bobcats. Here is another one.
http://www.4029tv.com/news/19459955/detail.html
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Posted in Arkansas, Monitoring, Remote Camera on May 17th, 2009
http://lethalapp.com/news/
Wildlife Officers Respond to Mountain Lion Sightings
May 14, 2009
ROGERS, Ark. – Carlos Sinclair set up a game camera in a field near a pond to catch snapshots of deer roaming his property, but instead he caught a picture of a creature that’s rarely seen in Arkansas.
State wildlife officers say wild mountain lions, cougars or panthers [...]
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Posted in Confirmed Sightings, Duh!, Michigan on May 16th, 2009
This is north of Detroit.
http://www.freep.com/article/20090515/NEWS04/905150422?imw=Y
Freep.com
Warren
Tasering of panther ends with a surprise
Warren Police scrambled about 10 officers after a 911 caller reported seeing a black panther in a wooded area near the southern side of Bates Park.
“It’s huge,” the caller insisted.
Arriving officers decided that the piercing black eyes on the panther — sitting inside a discarded [...]
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