Cougar News

Most eastern states and Canadian provinces now ban private ownership of cougars or require the “owner” of the exotic animal to obtain a license or permit or to register the animal with state or local authorities to privately possess the animal.  As of 2009, only two states (Wisconsin & West Virginia) and one eastern Canadian [...]

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Lena is in eastern Wisconsin north of Green Bay.  Based on the location of the urinary opening, we know the cougar is a male.
http://www.greenbaypressgazette.com/article/20100528/GPG0101/100528132/DNR-official-says-backyard-intruder-near-Lena-an-obvious-cougar-
greenbaypressgazette.com
DNR official says backyard intruder near Lena ‘an obvious cougar’
By Scott Williams
LENA — A homeowner with a motion-sensitive camera to track wildlife in his backyard has captured evidence of a cougar near [...]

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Georgetown is in SW Ohio near the Kentucky border.
http://www.maysville-online.com/news/local/article_eaaa2e50-6a00-11df-bef9-001cc4c03286.html
The Ledger Independent
Mountain lion believed sighted near Georgetown
By MISTY MAYNARD
GEORGETOWN, Ohio — The Brown County Sheriff’s Office has received two reports in two days of a mountain lion sighting near Georgetown, Ohio.
Police believe the animal may have escaped from a resident on Western Run Avenue in Mount [...]

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http://www.marconews.com/news/2010/may/22/two-florida-panthers-hit-and-killed-vehicles-last-/
Marco Eagle
UPDATE: Two panther cubs astray after mother killed by car
By QUENTIN ROUX
NAPLES — One of two Florida panthers killed in the past three days along U.S. 41 near state parks was the mother of two month-old cubs that are now astray and being sought by Florida Wildlife Conservation Commission officials.
FP158, a 5-year-old panther, was [...]

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http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2010/may/25/editorial-florida-panther-spate-roadway-deaths-sap/
naplesnews.com
Not good.
Three endangered Florida panthers killed in as many days along U.S. 41 East in Collier County.
That brings public pleas from the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission and others for motorists to please, please pay attention to the speed limit and panther-crossing signs on the stretch of the two-lane Tamiami Trail east of Naples.
Officials [...]

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http://www.theoutdoorwire.com/story/127474028063h8hzpz10t
Three Panthers Killed On Florida Highways
Three panthers in three days met untimely ends on U.S. 41, a highway that cuts right through the middle of panther habitat in Collier County. On Sunday, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) found a 6- to 8-month-old kitten that was hit early that morning. Officials with [...]

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http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2010/may/22/two-florida-panthers-hit-and-killed-vehicles-last-/
naplesnews.com
Two Florida panthers hit and killed by vehicles in last two days
By QUENTIN ROUX
NAPLES — Two Florida panthers, both wearing tracking collars, have been killed in the past two days along U.S. 41 near state parks.
Around 7:30 a.m. today, a female apparently leapt in the path of a vehicle traveling toward Naples opposite Collier-Seminole State [...]

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http://www.naplesnews.com/news/2010/may/21/florida-panther-found-dead-big-cypress-national-pr/
Florida panther found dead in Big Cypress National Preserve
By www.naplesnews.com
An endangered Florida panther was found dead along U.S. 41 East in Big Cypress National Preserve this morning, probably after a collision with a vehicle, a preserve biologist said.
Wildlife biologist Deb Jansen said routine monitoring flights found the radio-collared panther north of the highway about a [...]

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