A harvest is kind of twofold. We know that the closest established breeding population is in either the Everglades of Florida theres a small population down there and then out in South Dakota and Nebraska. 02:02. I saw one yesterday in Windsor Cty Vermont. 8 January. But that was OK. Bo Ottmann knew they were out there. Below are some of the first-hand. Mountain Lion Sightings in CT Was the animal a pet set free? DEEP believes their numbers have increased in recent years. In another version, its about habitat protection and the onerous federal regulations the state would have to follow if we found a mountain lion within the state. To Betty and Ottmann, the dominant narrative of the occasional itinerant cougar from the West is not particularly relevant to the facts on the ground. And so we come to the great divide over cougars in New England. Apr 20, 2020. There are no mountain lions in Connecticut, so why do we keep seeing them? Wildlife biologists, as professional scientists, require a higher level of documentation and proof. The sighting on Gerdes Road is the third in the past month and very close to the most recent one, on . I also know of someone who said they showed F&G a photo of one from a game camera in NH. A trail camera was set up and confirmed the presence of a mountain lion on February 16, 2020. But a high-profile sighting in 2011 stirred up renewed interest in the animals here, when a mountain lion from South Dakota was hit and killed by a car on a Connecticut highway. The cat is dead. The MPD Animal Care and Control Unit's report includes a fact sheet about mountain lions, which has many common names, including "puma, catamount and panther.". Hawley: I feel strongly that we need a harvest here in Connecticut. Facebook Twitter Email Copy to clipboard Live Now All times eastern NOW - 8:30 AM 8:30 AM 9:00 AM 9:30 AM 10:00 AM 10:30 AM Fox News. Still, sightings are common. Bobcats are found across Connecticut, but even fully grown they are much smaller than what she was describing, only weighing between 18 and 35 pounds. We hadnt seen a cougar, nor any evidence to suggest a cougar had traveled these woods recently. . They can be found in several different ecosystems including mountains, forests, wetlands, and deserts. I will never forget what I saw! She served as the Senior Producer for 'The Colin McEnroe Show' for several years before stepping down in 2021 and returning to her previous career as a registered nurse. Osage County leads the list with seven, followed by Cimarron County with six. A mountain lion was confirmed by the Nebraska Game and Parks Commission through trail camera photos taken Dec. 9 east of Lincoln. We told him what we saw, and he confirmed other sightings on the property. Wed be seeing more carcasses of prey we would be seeing at least some carcasses of mountain lion prey. The Mountain Lion will return to feed on the prey for up to 10 days. Before I departed the Old Well Tavern, Bo Ottmann offered to lead me on a walk into an adjacent stretch of woods, where, he assured me, cougars might be found. Even in areas of high cougar density, the there are far more attacks on humans by domesticated dogs or deer/car collision fatalities than those due to cougar attack. People have been known to submit photos of real mountain lions taken in other states and claim they were taken in Connecticut. To date, no footage of a mountain lion has surfaced. Several years ago, I was bicycling with a buddy up Quabbin Reservoirs Administration Rd. Jason Hawley says his office gets lots of calls about mountain lions each year. Theres also the lack of visual evidence, more glaring each passing year as so many hikers and hunters now carry phones with cameras. Additional samples were collected and are pending DNA analysis. Weight: 70-170 lbs. We hadnt seen a cougar, nor any evidence to suggest a cougar had traveled these woods recently. Matthew Johnson/Vermont Historical Society. The scientific name for the catamount is Puma concolor. By now, I knew the answer to that one. State lawmakers have entertained bills to establish a bear hunting season for years, but so far, none of those proposals has passed. You need to understand that every biologist that works for the state has a duty to deny mountain lions. Its distinctive featurethe one that sets it apart from other North American wild catsis its tail, which is thick and often as long as its body. Peter Yankowski is a breaking news reporter for Hearst Connecticut Media Group. She didnt claim to see the mountain lions long tail, but optical illusions can lead people to think theyve seen a tail. Mountain lions have traveled through Fairfield County in the past. Experts need to see the body to dismiss their prejudices. I knew it was a cat track because the tracks were in a straight line and no signs of claws like you would see with a coyote track. A bobcats tail is short and bob-like, while mountain lions have long, curving tails that can grow up to 3 feet. As a carnivore biologist, Hawley says he would love it if mountain lions were here. I heard from Neighbors that they have been sighting from the mass pike which runs along this area but also very close to Quabbin! McEnroe: Scientifically, this is a case where absence of evidence is kind of evidence of absence, right? I lived in Woodstock, CT in 2005/2006. Yale New Haven Health Check; . The U.S. Department of Agricultures Forest Service reports that mountain lions typical habitat is steep, rocky canyons or mountainous terrain, but they generally can be found wherever deer are present. Big kitty. The main habitat requirement for mountain lions is stalking cover to successfully hunt prey. I live in Hopkinton, NH and saw one coming up from the Contoocook River one misty morning. How to Report a Possible Mountain Lion Sighting. According to Jason Hawley, a wildlife biologist for the Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protections Wildlife Division, the department gets around 100 sighting reports of mountain lions each year, but upon further investigation, a good proportion of the sightings end up being bobcats. In New Canaan, residents reported seeing mountain lions in 2016 and in 2018. About six years ago, my mother and step-father were traveling some back roads down to New Boston, NH to visit my sister where she lived in an extended care facility. Not really, Rego says. 90th Annual New Haven Register All-State Football First Team. And so when they come to him with a sighting, hes prepared to believe. I was tracking some deer tracks and I came to a promising deer run with a lot of deer scat on the ground when I noticed a cat track amongst the sign. Mountain Lion Update - May 8, 2020, by Sam Wilson, Furbearer and Carnivore Program Manager. They take down boats, bulls, etc. . "Mountain lions are considered extinct in the northeast." Bobcats are not uncommon in Connecticut, according to the state, although their population is limited throughout the state, with the. The average annual population estimate from 2004-2020 of 2,876 total mountain lions, based on the statistical population . There was one photographed on a porch in Greenwich, CT, looking in the patio window that made national news a decade ago. It was fast as hell but there was no mistaking its not only long,but THICK tail as it disappeared into the woods. The mountain lion occurs throughout the Western Hemisphere and has one of the most extensive ranges of any land mammal, from the southern tip of Argentina in South America to northern British Columbia in North America. I think of Aldo Leopolds Thinking Like a Mountain essay about how deer decimated the forests and died of starvation because of humans incessant desire to kill. Eastern cougars (mountain lions) do not have a native, self sustaining population in New York State. The states beautiful wilderness and mountainous terrain are prime mountain lion habitats. Dont forget, south Texas also used to home to two other species of cats ocelots and jaguarundis. A 140-pound male mountain lion was hit by a car and killed in 2011 in Milford, Connecticut. I saw on three occasions in about the same location a beautiful mtn lion with the long bushytail that curves at the end. Using DNA and physical evidence, state environmental officials said they determined that the animal. Its not a bear, not a dog, not a deer, not a bobcat. Then saw him a few more times from further away across the road and along the edge sometimes of the woods. Those are the two closest populations that we have here. After all, if one mountain lion had wandered here, didnt that mean that others could have? October 12, 2020 10:47 pm ET. Having retired from a career at General Dynamics, he devotes many of his waking hours to cougar research, a passion hes cultivated for nearly twodecades. Were getting more and more home entries every year. The size of a lion's territory depends on the availability of food and habitat quality. The image has since been deleted from social media. An attack is verified only when a physician, law enforcement officer or CDFW personnel determine the injuries were caused by a . Bobcats top out at about 40 pounds (most are much lighter than that) and are only. Yet I also remembered something Sue Morse had told me months before, as we sat in her living room drinking beer and chatting cats. What would motivate DEEP officials to do this isnt clear. I think I may have pissed her off since I was up in that area X2 this week. The key to Morses assertion can be found in the term breeding population. Although the fact that cougars have traveled through New England is irrefutable (a DNA-confirmed roadkill is hard to deny), Morse believes its unlikely that they have settled here and created a self-sustaining population. They have a right to exist here and they contribute to healthier prey species. They are most definitely here. Hawley: Wildlife biologists across the United States know where the current mountain lion range is. People like you are the problem and cause of extinctions. Today, instead of focusing on cougar sightings in Eastern states, many cougar enthusiasts want to protect the animal from being hunted in the regions in which they are currently found. Bobcats: Whiskered face and are gray in the winter and tan in the summer, with black spots on their fur that are not always visible. Besides, Ottmann had revealed that hed been charged by a bear in this same piece of woods, and I felt conflicted about diverting my gaze from the underbrush. Ive seen tracks (Downeast Maine) and others have seen them, plain as day. On another large animal that is most definitely here: bears. The Great Divide | Are There Mountain Lions in New England. The history of this theory in Connecticut and New England goes back long before our current era of fake news. Watch Live at 7:00 PM: The U.S. and the Holocaust, a film by Ken Burns | Screening & Panel Discussion . I always hold out the possibility of a sighting to be genuine, but at the same time, over decades of experience, we know that the vast majority are misidentifications and a small number are actually hoaxes, he says. But no. Hawley: I feel strongly that we need a harvest here in Connecticut. Interesting article, but it is really incomplete without a discussion of the legal implications of having a confirmed endangered species such as the Eastern Cougar in New England. There are many officials in denial up here, but we know what we saw and there are too many sightings by the local folks to be ignored. Our Mission. Harold Davis just bought a new snowplow. Adult males can be around 8 feet in length and weigh between 130 and 150 pounds, while adult females can be 7 feet long and weigh between 65 and 90 pounds. At the time, a specialist from the Iowa Department of Natural. His bicycle was later found with the chain unbroken, but off the sprockets. It was a spotless cat she estimated at close to 100 pounds. WOODBRIDGE, CT (WFSB) - Police in Woodbridge said they have received reports of mountain lion sightings in town. Wildlife do really crazy things, and you just never know.. Check out 4 Seconds Until Impact by Bruce Hemming, or Cat Urbigkits books about predator attacks in unlikely places . 75-170 pounds. We clearly have migratory male cougars coming through. Email editor@connecticutmag.com. Sometimes people feared fishers (erroneously attributing the blood-curdling screams of foxes to these hard-to-spot creatures), and in the late 1930s, after several animals were slain under strange circumstances in Glastonbury, the. Because while male cougars eventually strike out on their own and occasionally wander far from home, females are, as Morse puts it, hardwired to remain close to their mothers home range. Anyone can get fooled. On November 22, about 20 miles north of Rowlett there was another . His mention of these encounters was so matter-of-fact that I found myself nodding along. (Attacks #12 and 13; death #6) 35-year-old Mark Jeffrey Reynolds, an amateur mountain bike racer, was reported as being killed by a mountain lion sometime after 1:25 p.m. at Whiting Ranch Wilderness Park in southern Orange County. Just like we dont need any slimy humans on earth period. Was INCREDIBLE! We think theyre coming in from Canada, Betty told me. But perhaps an even larger portion is the product of his enduring faith in the men and womanloggers, hunters, trapperswhose vocations and avocations have instilled in them a deep familiarity with wild places and the creatures who inhabit them. This was as clear as day had a long tail and long body I was thinking someones pet was on the loose or escaped form a zoo !! He wore red suspenders and a baseball cap. This news story is funded in large part by Connecticut Publics Members To date, Keeping Track has helped conserve 40,000 acres in 12 states and inQuebec. As I rushed to meet her in the woods, she told me what she had seen. Instead, people should remain facing the cat and not turn their back on it, make noise and make themselves appear as large as possible by raising their arms over their heads with a jacket. Published: Dec 17, 2022 SACRAMENTO - Governor Gavin Newsom issued the below statement today after the California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced that mountain lion P-22 has been humanely euthanized following a comprehensive medical evaluation that found severe injuries and chronic health problems. And he said, This is where the mountain lion crossed. We walked in and there were fresh bobcat tracks in there. Please. It was a flooded area. Mountain lions (commonly called cougar or puma) vary in size and weight. There is no shortage of deer for all apex predators whether they are canine, feline, or human. 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Uscinski, a Connecticut native, adds that the theory that the government is covering up the existence of mountain lions is likely motivated by a distrust of authority. Stephen Gencarella, professor of folklore studies at the University of Massachusetts and a Connecticut resident, says, The government coverup is only the latest version of something that could stretch back in the oral tradition to precolonial times. He notes that supposed mountain lion sightings spiked in the late 1800s and early 1900s shortly after the animals disappeared from New Englands woods. I must have looked doubtfulwe were within spitting distance of a heavily trafficked road and only 12 miles from downtown Hartfordbut both Ottmann and Betty told me that cougars actually prefer more populated areas, since thats where deer tend to congregate. I saw a Mountain Lion in 2007 in Northfield, MA at the junctions of Rtes 10 and 63. I wasnt planning to shoot her unless she moved in my direction. Of course no dash cam or accessible phone camera at the time! Hey, I know what I saw. Now the bears, they dont even care if people are home, theyll go right in the house. Records suggest that cash bounties for cougar kills were relatively common in the late 1700s and early 1800s; in the Adirondacks, a trapper named Thomas Meacham was credited with 77 cougar kills. The mountain lion is also known as cougar, panther, or puma. Its documented through track surveys, aerial surveys, trapping and collaring surveys. The next week, on June 11, the cat was hit and killed by an SUV on the Wilbur Cross Parkway in Milford. Nearby grocery stores include Food Lion, Star Food. The range of a Mountain Lion may cover 25 to 785 square miles. If these animals are not in the habitat, what we see is an overabundance of herbivores., The ecologist John Laundre, who has spent 35 years studying cougars, concurs. But that was OK. 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I was aware, too, of how a certain mythology surrounding the animal had taken root in Vermonts culture and even its identity: The University of Vermonts athletic teams, for instance, are known as the Vermont Catamounts, and their logo features a snarling cat lunging through the cleft of a V.. It used to be that a bear would go into a house when someone wasnt home. The 1881 death of this catamount officially marked the end of cougars in Vermont; however, the very last Eastern cougar is thought to be an animal that was killed in Somerset County, Maine, in 1938. However, Hawley noted that Eastern bobcats tend to have very few spots compared to bobcats that are out west or even in the Midwest. If they have spots, they are typically in the white, underside part of the bodies or on the insides of their legs. And were one of the most densely populated states as far as humans. Officially, the last mountain lions were hunted to extinction here in the late 1800s. THAT is a mountain lion! Ive never forgotten that and told it to many folks over the years, most of whom, I must say, thought I was hallucinating I guess but, it/he/she was a fact in Longmeadow, MA that summer long ago. In 1994, scat collected after a sighting in Craftsbury, Vermont, was found to contain cougar hair (the animals are prone to ingesting their hair while grooming), and the commissioner of the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department circulated a memo with the following line: Harrigans interest in cougars was sparked in the late 70s, after he took ownership of, Perhaps, then, the ultimate question isnt whether cougars are among us, but rather how we can encourage them to settle here, After 20 minutes or so, we turned and stumbled our way back to the parking lot. The tails gotta be there. If its not, you just thank the person and say good-bye.. Or at least theyre not supposed to be. They can subsist on one deer a week, though they will also hunt coyotes, raccoons, rodents, elk, feral hogs, and even porcupines.. Newspaperman John Harrigan has long covered the New England outdoors, including writing the New Hampshire Sunday News column Woods, Water & Wildlife which ran for almost 40 years. Perhaps, then, the ultimate question isnt whether cougars are among us, but rather how we can encourage them to settle here. However, the National Wildlife Federation notes that the mountain lions range spreads all across the Americas, from the Canadian Yukon to The Strait of Magellan, making it the greatest range of any living mammal in the Americas.. Reading Time: 4 mins read . And there are different schools of thought about that. The official word is that mountain lions were declared extinct in Connecticut back in the late 1800s but sightings have become much more prevalent. She adds, I think its because a lot of people are fascinated by wild cats; they are the embodiment of the wild.. This is the second mountain lion sighting in North Texas in less than a month. Morse has been tracking cougars for 45 years, mostly in the mountains of the West, where their existence is not in doubt. I had been foraging up in an area that is rocky. In 1994, scat collected after a sighting in Craftsbury, Vermont, was found to contain cougar hair (the animals are prone to ingesting their hair while grooming), and the commissioner of the Vermont Fish and Wildlife Department circulated a memo with the following line: It is possible that cougars of unknown origin may be breeding to a limited extent in Vermont. By mid-19th century, forests made up only about 30 percent of New England (its notable that today that number stands at approximately 80 percent, nearer to what it was when cougars thrived here). A full-sized mountain line was photographed on the campus of the Brunswick School in Greenwich on Sunday, along with a matching paw print and a 9-inch lion dropping that seals the scientific deal. This is always been a debate however as someone who is an avid Outdoorsman I can say with certainty I know of at least 12 people that have personal accounts of seeing mountain lion in Central and Western Massachusetts. ), or someones coworkers mother had seen one from the back porch of a summer camp back in 07 or maybe 08, and shed tried to get a picture but this was before she got her first iPhone, and by the time shed retrieved her camera from the living room, the cat was long gone. He points out that when there was a real mountain lion in the state in 2011, his office publicized it immediately. You could have 50. It lowers the population in a way thats not going to affect the long-term population. Fight at end of CT high school basketball game involving Middletown, Weaver second in as many days, How UConn women's basketball forward Amari DeBerry landed on ESPN SportsCenter's Top 10 plays, Connecticut boys hockey top performers / games to watch (Jan. 17), Goggles? Ottmann and I walked farther. Of course. As unlikely as it sounds, it was a more believable theory than some of the alternatives, among them that the cat was evidence of a breeding population in the state that was being kept secret by, . Harrigans interest in cougars was sparked in the late 70s, after he took ownership of The Coos County Democrat and began noticing the steady influx of reported sightings. Adult mountain lions can be 7-8 feet long, including their tails. Your donation today will allow us to continue this work on your behalf. Posted: Nov 2, 2020 / 04:58 PM EST. of Energy & Environmental Protection. There is a big difference between Tuesday when none of us saw a moose in our region and then Thursday we did, Morse says. To learn more about "lion country" in Colorado check here. You know, weve had so many home entries this year. There are an estimated 3,000 - 7,000 Mountain lions in Colorado. In 2011, genetic testing confirmed that a mountain lion originated in South Dakota and traveled more than 1,500 miles before being struck by a car on the Merritt Parkway, according to Reuters. Dismissing most of the sightings as probable bobcats, Morse asserted that the scientific evidence has not been proven. Betty was quiet, and I wondered if even he, a man who does not doubt the presence of these cats in our midst and who himself claims multiple sightings, thought Ottmann was exaggerating. "There's no evidence of breeding pairs," he said. Abbott, of the Housatonic Valley Association, is equally skeptical of the vast majority of mountain lion sightings. State lawmakers have entertained bills to establish a bear hunting season for years, but so far, none of those proposals has passed. Morse, 70, comports herself in a friendly and no-nonsense manner. Beautiful creature. The discussion of whether federal lands should be a place to subsidize cattle ranching is another question. We need cougars and we need wolves back in the Northeast, because a landscape of fear is a well-balanced landscape.. My wife is not a wildlife expert, but is not prone to flights of fancy. So its this gathering storm. We know that the closest established breeding population is in either the Everglades of Florida theres a small population down there and then out in South Dakota and Nebraska. Harrigan nodded. Its fur is a light, tawny brown color which can appear gray or almost black, depending on light conditions. It was hunted to extinction last century, but throughout the Blue Ridge, there are claims from locals that the cat has returned. 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