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KC
How do I know if it is an Eastern or Western cougar....the cowboy hat and boots?
"We need large carnivores like cougars to keep the wild food web healthy, so we hope eastern and midwestern states will reintroduce them," said Michael Robinson, a conservation advocate at the Center for Biological Diversity. "Cougars would curb deer overpopulation and tick-borne diseases that threaten human health."
Because this has worked so well with coyotes...
Damn, must be a shock to those running loose in Florida.
KC
Different subspecies.
Mountain lion, puma, cougar, panther?this cat is known by more names than just about any other mammal! But no matter what you call it, it's still the same cat, Puma concolor, the largest of the small cat species. ... Here in Southern California they are commonly called mountain lions.
Seems the "eastern" cougar didn't exist in any numbers for quite some time.
Getting as far away as possible from the east coast proves their intelligence is higher than many people.
I guess they can?t swim.
I took a picture of it and finally nothing left but skeleton. I saved the skull (lower jaw missing) with the two long teeth( fangs/canine?)and other teeth intact.
I am not doing photos on GB yet but if anyone would like to post pictures on GB of skull and carcass before buzzards got it, send me a E-mail and I will send pictures.
quote:Originally posted by armilite
There was one sighted and photographed here last week in Rosendale, WI. and shown on the news about 80 miles from my house. I'm nearly 180 miles east of the Mississippi. There have been a few more sighted up north near Rhinelander that is still over 100 miles east of the Mississippi.
animals.sandiegozoo.org/animals/mountain-lion-puma-cougar
You guys got to quit reading those liberal tree hugger articles, they're all full of lies
The Eastern Cougar was considered a subspecies of cougars. Those that hold to that designation now think it is extinct, but that OTHER cougars are still present in eastern states.
But different biologists sat that there was no Eastern subspecies, and therefore we are seeing regular cougars.
IN BOTH CASES, NOBODY IS SAYING THERE ARE NO COUGARS IN THE EAST.
Reading comprehension, people.
There was one sighted and photographed here last week in Rosendale, WI. and shown on the news about 80 miles from my house. I'm nearly 180 miles east of the Mississippi. There have been a few more sighted up north near Rhinelander that is still over 100 miles east of the Mississippi.
there's been numerous sightings here in north central Wisconsin near antigo recently
Though cougars will eventually establish breeding population through out the east on their own. They've been sighted here in Indiana already. It won't be long until be have populations of cougars and black bears here. People are more likely to tolerate the bears than the cougars.
BS, I met one last Saturday at Bud's in Indy.
They are all over the place here in SC. Some are bold and will come right up to you.
I saw a cougar in W. Virginia about 5 years ago! Dead on the side of the road. I even stopped and backed up to confirm it was what I thought it was.
I was headed to my wife's family reunion. One of her cousins was a state trooper (in MD). He didn't believe me, so I took him back to where I saw it and it was still there. He freaked out, called some dudes (DNR or someone and they came out and took it away after taking a bunch of pictures).
Ummmm...maybe that was the last one, but there was at least one there then!
WVDNR will never admit that big cats still roam the hills! A few years ago one was killed crossing RT 60 just west of Montgomery WV, a guy stopping to take pictures had his camera confiscated by a conservation officer after he refused to "move on".... DNR has no record of this!
They refused to acknowledge yotes, calling them 'wild dogs' till so many were brought in that they had to.
I give up. It is blatantly obvious that the thing that's extinct is reading comprehension.
My current hypothesis is that most people on here never read a linked article, or the replies in the post.
They see "No cougars east of Mississippi", then immediately reply with an anecdote proving it is all liberal propaganda.
Again, let's not be imprecise.
The Eastern Cougar was considered a subspecies of cougars. Those that hold to that designation now think it is extinct, but that OTHER cougars are still present in eastern states.
But different biologists sat that there was no Eastern subspecies, and therefore we are seeing regular cougars.
IN BOTH CASES, NOBODY IS SAYING THERE ARE NO COUGARS IN THE EAST.
Reading comprehension, people.
Like the Florida cougar. Isolated and inbreed long enough to develop some of it's own traits. They had to breed some western cougar back into them to stop the deterioration happening with the inbreeding.
quote:Originally posted by Rocky Raab
I give up. It is blatantly obvious that the thing that's extinct is reading comprehension.
My current hypothesis is that most people on here never read a linked article, or the replies in the post.
They see "No cougars east of Mississippi", then immediately reply with an anecdote proving it is all liberal propaganda.
Have you tested this hypothesis?
I grew up in So. ILL. , seen a 'big cat' once and heard years of stories bout them ?
Grasshopper : where are you located @ in So. ILL. ? I grew up in Energy
I also remember the train/cat episode !!!
Thanks !!!
I Grew Old Too Fast (And Smart Too damn Slow !!!) !!!