Archive for October, 2009
The Eastern Puma: A Management Failure!
Oct 25th
In an unreleased 1995 paper, 2 New England wildlife biologists question the current distribution & actual status of native eastern pumas. they consider current management practices & research data by wildlife officials to be insufficient in order to address the “Forest Ghost” true identity status. they recommend the USF&WS assume leadership responsibilities in the controversy
Historical Data
Oct 25th
Once found abundantly across the American continent, this only true native lion was nearly wiped out by ignorant Atlantic seacoast hunters 175 years ago. Few early settlers had any idea as to what hardships awaited them, when driving Conestoga wagons along ancient paths in virgin wilderness on their trek westward. Carrying English-made firearms, the uneducated
Mountain lions in Connecticut? - REPUBLICAN-AMERICAN
Oct 24th
Kim DaVino-Garcia believes what she saw was a mountain lion. It was early August when a large, tawny-colored cat with a long tail crept into the pasture where she keeps a half-dozen horses off Newcomb Road in Goshen.
Cougars of the Valley on FarmingtonValley.Net
Oct 24th
Last week I met with Bo Ottmann, the founder of a local organization called Cougars of the Valley. Bo is convinced that Mountain Lions are established and do exist in Connecticut and he is out to prove it. Bo is soliciting the public and offering a $50.00 reward to anyone who photographs a mountain lion with an identifiable Connecticut landscape.
Cougars in Mt Greylock
Oct 17th
Anonymous writes “Returning from work one day, I saw a mountain lion..about 6 ft. long, tawny colored, and with NO TAIL! When I brought up that fact to a local biologist at the Berkshire museum, she told me that there have been quite a few sitings of that animal….definitely not a bobcat. It seems to
Saw Cougar in Southbury
Oct 16th
Anonymous writes “My dog has been excited lately and sniffing hard at some places in yard. This afternoon around 3:30 I saw a cougar passing from the area of the koi pond across my yard border (about 150 feet) into the woods. My house is near a state park and area is heavily wooded. I
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