http://www.thedickinsonpress.com/event/article/id/30859/group/Outdoors%20/
The Dickinson Press
Man harvests final cat for quota
Western North Dakota’s mountain lion harvesting season closed Dec. 11 after a hunter in McKenzie County took the eighth and final cat allowed in the area.
By: Lisa Call, The Dickinson Press
Western North Dakota’s mountain lion harvesting season closed Dec. 11 after a hunter in McKenzie County took [...]
Monthly Archive for December, 2009
Defenders: How to reduce Florida panther highway deaths
Posted in Florida, Florida Panther, Preservation on Dec 31st, 2009
http://www.theweekly.com/news/2009/December/30/panthers.html
The Weekly – Duluth
Record number of endangered Florida panthers killed by vehicles in 2009
More must be done to protect Florida’s native big cats
ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (December 30, 2009) – Yesterday, wildlife officials confirmed the death of the 16th Florida panther killed this year on a Florida roadway, eclipsing last year’s number of 10 panthers killed [...]
Major opportunity lost when cougar shot near Marengo, Iowa
Posted in Hunting, Iowa, Preservation on Dec 31st, 2009
It seems that the Marengo cougar did not die in vain.
http://www.journalexpress.net/features/local_story_364104250.html?keyword=topstory
Journal Express – Knoxville, Iowa
Recent Shooting raises awareness of cougars
Steve Woodhouse
Knoxville — One Marion County wildlife expert believes a major opportunity was missed when a farmer shot a mountain lion near Marengo last week. The animal could have been tagged by the Iowa Department of [...]
Record number of Florida panthers–16–killed on highways in 2009
Posted in Co-existence, Florida, Florida Panther on Dec 30th, 2009
http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/dec/29/16-record-number-panthers-killed-vehicles-2009/
Naplesnews.com
See previous post.
Record number of panthers killed by vehicles in 2009
By LESLIE WILLIAMS HALE .
COLLIER COUNTY — Florida panthers are closing out 2009 with an unfortunate distinction.
Just three days before the year ends, state wildlife officials announced that a 16th panther died in a vehicle collision — making this the deadliest year on record for [...]
Proposed rock mine in Broward County, Florida, threatens panther habitat
Posted in Florida, Florida Panther, Preservation on Dec 28th, 2009
http://www.orlandosentinel.com/news/local/fl-seminole-mine-20091227,0,6254643.story
Orlando Sentinel
Rock mine expansion proposed for panther habitat in west Broward
Environmentalists fear for panther habitat
By David Fleshler, Sun Sentinel
BIG CYPRESS RESERVATION – The Seminole Tribe has applied for a permit to expand a rock mine in a remote corner of northwest Broward County, in a proposal that could generate opposition from environmentalists concerned about the [...]
Will Champlin cougar end up in Chicago?
Posted in Illinois, Minnesota, Monitoring, Wisconsin on Dec 26th, 2009
At the website (link below) you’ll find a news video about the Chicago incident and an enlargement of the trail camera photo taken in western Wisconsin. Some have speculated that the cat in the photo is not a cougar, but the long, dark-tipped tail show that it is. The barring on the inside of the [...]
Florida panther highway deaths in ‘09 reach previous year’s record
Posted in Eastern Cougar on Dec 24th, 2009
http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2009/dec/23/panther-deaths-09-reach-previous-years-record/
naplesnews.com
By Naples Daily News staff report
NAPLES — Florida panthers reached a grim milestone this morning when state wildlife officials found the 15th wildcat killed by a vehicle collision in 2009.
With the discovery on the Collier County side of Corkscrew Road, this year tied the 2007 record for the number of the endangered panthers killed by [...]
US FWS initial response to impending critcal habitat suits for Florida panthers
Posted in Florida, Florida Panther, Preservation on Dec 24th, 2009
http://www.news-press.com/article/20091224/NEWS0125/912240342/1007/NEWS0105/Groups-ready-to-sue-over-panther
Groups ready to sue over panther
Want 3 million acres set aside as habitat
by kevin lollar • klollar@news-press.com • December 24, 2009
Learn about the Florida Panther
December 24, 2009 — Three environmental groups have filed a 60-day notice of intent to sue the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service for not responding to a petition demanding that 3 million [...]