The blog of the Eastern Cougar Foundation
Posted in Books, Eastern Cougar on Oct 30th, 2009
ASLAN RESURRECTED: Searching for wild panthers in a domesticated world
Recently we had cause to reread this lengthy, well-researched, extremely entertaining article by Jay Kirk, published in Harpers in April 2004. It was researched in 2003, and involved various members of the Eastern Cougar Foundation. It was most interesting to see where we in the Eastern [...]
Posted in Control, Monitoring, S. Dakota on Oct 22nd, 2009
Deadwood is at the northern edge of the Black Hills.
http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/article_bcd2ba7a-beb5-11de-9b7b-001cc4c03286.html
Rapid City Journal
Mountain lion killed in Deadwood city limits
Kevin Woster Journal staff
A mountain lion was killed within the Deadwood city limits Wednesday morning after the big cat, and possibly another, apparently killed a deer in a backyard in town.
A South Dakota Game, Fish & Parks [...]
Posted in Confirmed Sightings, Kansas, Monitoring on Oct 21st, 2009
http://www.kansas.com/news/story/1020277.html
Kansas wildlife biologists confirm mountain lion sighting
BY COURTNEY LOONEY
The Wichita Eagle
After more than a century of rumors of mountain lions in Kansas, state wildlife biologists confirmed this week that a live mountain lion has been found in Kansas.
“We have literally dozens and hundreds of mountain lion sightings turned in to us,” said Mike Miller, [...]
Posted in Florida, Florida Panther, Preservation on Oct 20th, 2009
http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/oct/19/two-recent-panther-deaths-confound-biologists/
By ERIC STAATS
NAPLES — A case of a Florida panther found dead in an orange grove east of Ave Maria has been turned over to federal investigators.
The cause of death is unknown, Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission biologist Dave Onorato said Monday.
Onorato said he could not comment further because of the federal investigation, and [...]
Posted in Eastern Cougar, Education on Oct 19th, 2009
http://www.statesmanjournal.com/article/20091019/NEWS/910190328/1001
OSU professors to share findings in first lecture of annual series
By Stefanie Knowlton
Picture two valleys in Utah’s Zion National Park.
One teems with large cottonwood trees, wildflowers, butterflies and so many frogs you need to watch your step along the stream. The other offers fewer cottonwood trees, wildflowers and only a handful of varieties of frogs, [...]
Posted in Co-existence, Florida, Florida Panther on Oct 19th, 2009
Highway safety, arrestment of development in panther habitat (designation of Critical Habitat would go a long way here) and reintroduction of panthers to suitable areas outside of southern Florida.
It’s 10:35 a.m. on an April day at the headquarters of Big Cypress National Preserve in Florida. A woman in a gray uniform is busy [...]
Posted in Education, Hoax, Hunting, Missouri, Monitoring on Oct 17th, 2009
http://online.wsj.com/article/SB125554858267385473.html?mod=googlenews_wsj
There’s Nothing So Rare as a Cougar in Missouri
Still, Many Sightings Reported; Mistaking Tabby for a Mountain Lion
By JUSTIN SCHECK
When Jeff Beringer got a Sunday-night call from a deer hunter who said he had shot an aggressive mountain lion last fall, he whipped the Missouri Mountain Lion Response Team into action.
Mr. Beringer, a state biologist [...]
Posted in Monitoring, Radio Collar Tracking, S. Dakota on Oct 17th, 2009
http://www.siouxcityjournal.com/news/state-and-regional/south-dakota/article_6d58d0fa-ba51-11de-9d33-001cc4c03286.html
RAPID CITY, S.D. (AP) – South Dakota wildlife officials say new satellite collars on mountain lions are giving them a better understanding of the animals in the Black Hills.
The collars are an upgrade from radio collars. Fifteen lions have been equipped with them so far.
Game, Fish and Parks Regional Wildlife Manager John Kanta says [...]