Sightings can be logged in the DNR’s Eyes in the Field reporting system.
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Roell said #cougars are on the list of #endangered mammals in #Michigan, meaning it’s #illegal to #hunt […]
Although #cougars are native to #Michigan, most of them now appear to be transient animals, dispersing into MI from Western states. The DNR has verified 132 adult #cougar reports, Roell said, but DNA testing has confirmed only male cougars to date.
The #CougarCubs have not been spotted since […]
“It really shows that we have a unique place in #Michigan where someone has a chance to see a #wolf, a #moose & a #cougar in the #wild. It’s something that should be celebrated, that we have the #habitat to support an elusive animal like this,”Roell said.
The cubs were spotted & photographed […]
The two people who first spotted them initially believed them to be bobcats. Credit: Michigan Department of Natural Resources
The kittens were estimated to be 7-8 weeks old. Credit: Michigan Department of Natural Resources
This is the first time #CougarCubs have been verified since the big cats were hunted out of existence in #Michigan in the early 1900s, said Brian Roell, large carnivore specialist for the MDNR. Roell, a #wildlife biologist for 26yrs, led the team that verified the […]
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Cougar Cub crouching beneath a tire in slushy snow
For the first time in >100 years, #cougar cubs have been discovered living in the #Michigan #wild.
State biologists on Wednesday confirmed the existence of 2 #CougarCubs on private land in Ontonagon County in the western #UP. The spotted cubs, believed to be 7–9 […]
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A Michigan resident in the western part of the Upper Peninsula recently discovered something not seen in Michigan for more than a century — cougar cubs in the wild.
State biologists on Wednesday confirmed the sighting of two spotted cubs, believed… #CougarCubs #MichiganWildlife #Conservation
