[FlyVet]

I grew up in Michigan, but this is the first time I ever heard of cougars being there.

[yooper]

"The foundation estimates that 50 to 80 of the animals are roaming Michigan's upper and lower peninsulas."

My own guess, based on what I've been reading, and based on the fact that the MDNR says there are no cougars, and based on the fact that I've seen a cougar on two separate occasions, is that there are at least one hundred of these animals in the Upper Peninsula alone.

[MsLady]

I live in the U.P. and atleast 2 have been spotted in my area in the last year. One right next to where my daughter goes to school. Some one from the college here went and made and made plaster casts of the paw prints. The other one was spotted right close to our property. We live in the country. This is not a good thing. I'm not sure but, I don't believe they are native to this area. My personal thoughts are that the DNR is it again.

[AdA$tra]

There have been several sightings here in Kansas as well. I recently heard of one over the police scanner. The dispatcher put out that a large "feline" had crossed the Interstate near my home. The responding officer said "lion???" The dispatcher said, "Well, I wasn't supposed to say that over the radio...." LOL.

The state wildlife folks officially deny the existance of pumas here. Mysteriously they recently made a rule against shooting mountain lions unless defending human life or livestock. Of course there aren't any so it doesn't matter.

[tubebender]

I grew up in Michigan, but this is the first time I ever heard of cougars being there.

We shipped them out from Calif by Greyhound. Even paid the frieght...

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one articel in our paper speculated that many have been kept as pets and may have been turned loose or escaped. There is also the fact the deer populations have gone out of control and that nature has a way of dealing with these things.

[Mrs. P]

A friend was just telling me that she's heard of a cougar being seen about 6 miles from her house. They live near St. Charles. My friend says they've found two dead animals on their property recently, one a rabbit and the other a very large raccoon, both had just their heads chewed off. Does this fit the MO of a cougar? I know my mousing cats will chew heads off of mice, but I'd think a cougar would eat the whole animal.

I think that most people who end up shooting any type of wild animal, whether in self defense or to protect livestock, just quietly bury the carcass. Who needs the DNR poking around and putting you in jail or confiscating your property because you destroyed an endangered animal?

[hosepipe]

To the people with neighbors that leave their dogs out to bark/yowl all night, this could be a good thing..

[MichaelP]

They are well documented by state field biologists. They are also present throughtout the state, especially the northwestern lower, and the entire upper penisulas. The leave their evidence (scat) at watering holes.

Mike

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[bert]

My thought.... the cougars migrated in following an increasing deer population.

[KSCITYBOY]

Here in Kansas City we had reported sightings of one for atleast a year. No evidence was found to support the cougar being around until a lady hit it with her car the other night. Thing looked to weigh about 100 lbs.

[mombonn]

Emmett Township. . .

Yikes, that's next door to me! Now, I drive a Cougar, and that's as close as I want to come to close encounters of the four-legged kind.

[DaneScott]

My wife and I are quite certain we saw a cougar while driving through the Upper Peninsula. It stood on fairly tall legs and might have been mistaken for a deer, but we were close enough to see its shape and profile...and it definitely looked like a cougar.

[gitmo]

In the Appalachian mountains of NC I hear Cougars all the time. We had several brought in to the zoo that locals had trapped.