Cougar News

http://www.denverpost.com/headlines/ci_14789720
Cat trackers sniff out the truth
By Michael Booth
The Denver Post
For Colorado mountain lion AM06, every day is like “The Truman Show” for felines — the authorities are always watching. A satellite signal snaps his exact location every three hours as he wanders his 230-square-mile territory from Nederland to Lyons. If he stalks cattle or a [...]

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Spearfish is at the northern edge of the Black Hills
http://www.bhpioneer.com/articles/2010/03/23/news/northern_hills/doc4ba8f40d55ca2529374694.txt
Black Hills Pioneer
Local residents voice opinions on mountain lion management
By Sara Koch
Black Hills Pioneer
SPEARFISH — Mountain lions are a hot topic in the Black Hills. Throughout the past several years, questions have risen about how much regulation should be enforced on the population.
Approximately 40 Black Hills [...]

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http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2010/mar/24/fourth-florida-panther-death-2010-recorded/
naplesnews.com
Fourth Florida panther death of 2010 recorded
By ERIC STAATS
A female panther was found dead this week in the Big Cypress National Preserve in eastern Collier County, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission reported.
A necropsy Tuesday determined that the panther died in a fight with another panther, biologists said.
The panther is the second so far [...]

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This is a big improvement over the SD DGF&Ps previous policy of zero tolerance (death) for cougars in developed areas.

http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/news/article_03cd025c-376d-11df-97b7-001cc4c03286.html
Rapid City Journal
Tim Velder Lawrence County Journal
DEADWOOD — Deadwood police are stocking up on rubber bullets with the intent of scaring away encroaching mountain lions instead of killing them.
Deadwood Police Chief Kelly Fuller said officers are [...]

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http://www.yankton.net/articles/2010/03/25/community/doc4baaf1631888a936137954.txt
Press&Dakota
GF&P: Cougars Not Major Presence In Area
BY RANDY DOCKENDORF
A mountain lion was shot six years ago inside Yankton, but the animals are not considered a major presence in southeast South Dakota, according to a state Game, Fish and Parks official.
Officials shot the mountain lion June 14, 2004, at a residence in the 700 block of [...]

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http://www.news-press.com/article/20100323/NEWS0125/100322081/1075/Florida-road-system-to-warn-of-panthers
news-press.com – Fort Myers, Florida-Southwest Florida
by kevin lollar
State and federal agencies are going high-tech to prevent Florida panther roadkill.
This summer, the Florida Department of Transportation will install a series of roadside animal detection systems (RADS) along a section of U.S. 41 near Bass Lake Road within Big Cypress National Preserve.
The detection systems warn motorists [...]

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http://www.suntimes.com/news/metro/2117511,CST-NWS-cougar23.article
Chicago Sun Times
Cougars on the prowl here? ‘We’ll definitely have more’
Experts will meet at Brookfield Zoo to discuss impact on Chicago area
BY DAN ROZEK Staff
Ever since a wild, wandering cougar turned up two years ago in Chicago, biologist Chris Anchor has been keeping an eye out for signs of other big cats around here.

So [...]

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On the cougar trail
http://www.dailypress.net/page/content.detail/id/518136.html?nav=5003
Team investigates sightings, tracks throughout U.P., state
LANSING – Few issues addressed by the Department of Natural Resources and Environment in recent years have been as controversial as cougars.
Also known as mountains lions or pumas, cougars are large felines that once roamed much of Michigan. The last record of a wild cougar being [...]

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