If you believe you have seen a mountain lion and want to report it to NH Fish and Game, please contact the Wildlife Division at (603) 271-2461 or wildlife@wildlife.nh.gov to request an observation report form. Below are some of the first-hand. The cat is dead. Typically, they will slink out of there as quickly as they can to get away from humans. Wright, however, didnt agree with his mentor and began writing publicly about mountain lions in the East. On a mountain lion that died on a Connecticut highway. But what about the sightings in Connecticut that are made by experienced outdoorsmen and women, people who know the difference between bobcats and mountain lions? Hawley said that the typical range of cougars like mountain lions is from west of the South Dakota area. 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. 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. He can be reached by phone at 860-275-7297 or by email: pskahill@ctpublic.org. We clearly have migratory male cougars coming through. Wed be seeing more carcasses of prey we would be seeing at least some carcasses of mountain lion prey. I saw a Mountain Lion in 2007 in Northfield, MA at the junctions of Rtes 10 and 63. Colin McEnroe is a radio host, newspaper columnist, magazine writer, author, playwright, lecturer, moderator, college instructor and occasional singer. Rego says that the way bobcats stride when they run, often times a rear leg is kicked up in the back and that could be mistaken for a long tail.. You cant mistake the long tail. Part of this belief is rooted in his journalistic experience, which across the decades has cultivated his nose for sincerity. I have pictures of tracks around my car and up to the back steps of my deck in Arkville, NY . The real reason that they wont admit that a breeding population exists, is that listing a population of endangered species would wreak ECONOMIC havoc in a number of arenas, mostly logging/forestry. And he said, This is where the mountain lion crossed. We walked in and there were fresh bobcat tracks in there. Mountain lions (commonly called cougar or puma) vary in size and weight. He set down his cigarette and looked me in the eye. Next to the jaguar, it is the largest North American cat. Bearded, bowler hat, expression impenetrable behind facial hair and the stoicism of an earlier era. When I came out, the cat appeared in front of me coming up a rise (incredibly close to some ski condos). Please. But its also a great story that lays out how an animal this large, at 150 pounds, traveling through even rural areas, leaves signs and is detected. You can subscribe to Connecticut Magazine here, or find the current issue on sale here. September 16, 2020. in Bethlehem, Environment, News, Towns. People clearly arent lying when they say they saw a cougar; [the sighting] has a profound effect on them.. Given the long, shared border between these provinces and New England, along with plentiful evidence that other species cross this border regularly, it seems entirely possible that cougars would also engage in international travel. One cat will leave more than 10,000 tracks per day. When you look at a state like Connecticut, with all the people we have here, all the trail cameras we have in the woods, all the cars we have driving you can imagine if we had an established population here in Connecticut, we would know about it pretty quickly. In the 1930s, Bruce Wright, an influential wildlife manager from New Brunswick, Canada, began gathering reports of sightings of mountain lions in the East and searching for their tracks. I lived in Woodstock, CT in 2005/2006. They reside in all eight counties, however, they exist in greatest number in the northwestern corner of the state. Anyone who encounters a Mountain lion should file a report with CPW online or by calling CPW Headquarters in Denver at (303) 297-1192, or the Northeast Region Office (also in Denver) at (303) 291 . The tavern was quiet except for some hard-rock music playing on the radio, the murmur of a handful of men at the bar, and us. Now, ocelots are critically endangered and jaguarundis might be completely gone. They also generally have spots on their fur. Its documented through track surveys, aerial surveys, trapping and collaring surveys. Weve got a growing bear population. However, the captive lion theory was also wrong. When you look at a state like Connecticut, with all the people we have here, all the trail cameras we have in the woods, all the cars we have driving you can imagine if we had an established population here in Connecticut, we would know about it pretty quickly. CT Style. She said it was long and thick. hen I accepted the assignment to write about my quest to uncover the truth regarding the existence of cougars in New England, I had little idea what I was agreeing to. Rego has many reasons why a conspiracy to conceal mountain lions by his colleagues at DEEP is impossible. Within six weeks, he continued, I was getting off the plane in Jackson Hole for a national mountain lion conference. Today marks the date of our inception. Learn More . When we reached tower, a ranger arrived in a pickup. I live in New Milford and I saw one crossing the road in front of me when I stopped to get my mail from my mailbox. There is also something appealing about the idea that there is an animal out there so cunning that it has escaped our notice and the eyes of our cameras. In July 2019, the Center for Biological Diversity and the Mountain Lion Foundation petitioned the Fish and Game Commission to list mountain lions as a candidate species under the California Endangered Species Act ( CESA) within a proposed evolutionarily significant unit (ESU) located in Southern California and the central coast of California. He/she was UNMISTAKEABLY a mountain lion: stretched out straight, long tail straight out behind him, golden/beigey color, and smallish head, little ears. Mountain lions are nocturnal hunters, mostly going after deer. The Department of Energy and Environmental Protection receives 50-100 reports of mountain lions each year, says Paul Rego, a wildlife biologist with the department. Emaileditor@connecticutmag.com, or contact usonFacebook@connecticutmagazine orTwitter@connecticutmag. Despite frequent claims, there has only been one confirmed mountain lion sighting since the late 1800s here. Yes I have seen several pictures on game cameras from people in Massachusetts in Central and western Mass that do have mountain lions on their game camera so please dont be ignorant. Fear is actually one of the most powerful ecological forces we know, and its a really important management tool., According to Laundre, the problems caused by a relatively fear-free ecosystem are not always obvious, in part because they can take decades to fully manifest. He was a dark butterscotch color, very tall and lanky (taller and thinner than a really big German Shepard) and that tail. The last catamount killed in Vermont stands under glass just inside the doors to the Vermont Historical Museum in Montpelier, a hop, skip, and a jump down the block from the statehouse. Didnt it? These highlights have been edited and condensed for length and clarity. Defenders of Wildlife developed funding to support wolf predation on cattle which I believe worked. So yes they are here and not to sure why they dont admit to them being around ! Several years ago, I was bicycling with a buddy up Quabbin Reservoirs Administration Rd. Earlier in the year, Id attended one of these presentations, and even in the tiny village of Woodbury, Vermont, on a stiflingly hot summer evening, nearly 100 people showed up to hear her speak and see her photographs (Morse is a magnificent wildlife photographer). There are no breeding cougars in New England and we do not need any. That had to be a mountain lion. If you have a worldview in which the government is conspiring to do weird stuff, than thats what youre going to see, and all the evidence is going to point to exactly what you believe, he says. Even so, Abbott has heard of mountain lion sightings from what he deems reliable sources and believes its possible that other animals have made the difficult, some say almost miraculous trek, from the West to Connecticut. Once at dusk driving in the Berkshires, he saw what he initially thought was a cat-like creature that was far bigger than a bobcat leap across the road. community-supported public media service, Connecticut Public has relied on donor support for more than 50 years. We need [an apex] predator back on the land, Sue Morse told me. I had been the first vehicle in a line held up by one lane traffic on a bridge reconstruction. 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. That maybe, just maybe, what my wife and others saw wasnt a bobcat that seemed bigger in the thrill of the moment, but a real, honest-to-goodness mountain lion, a long-lost ghost of the forest. Patrick's reporting has appeared on NPR's Morning Edition, Here & Now, and All Things Considered. Though promoted as a once in a lifetime event and offered at the dirt-cheap price of $15, only 395 Nebraskans applied for the chance to hunt a mountain lion. Hawley, a wildlife biologist with the state Department of Energy and Environmental Protection, says data dont support a breeding population of mountain lions in Connecticut. The arrival of a real mountain lion in the state reframed the discussion in Connecticut surrounding the animal. Mountain lions, on the other hand, weigh in at between 130 to 150 pounds for males and between 65 and 90 pounds for females. my husband tapped my leg and asked what is that crossing the road It was a Cougar tan in color long tail which had a slight curl upward .I wish I had my camera to prove it but I know We saw it. Its OK, he told me. 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. Unlike male cougars, the femaleslike this Montana cat with her cubdont tend to strike out for new territory, which makes it unlikely that a breeding population would establish itself far from the cougars current habitatsbut not impossible. LOS ANGELES (AP) A mountain lion that was part of a National Park Service study was fatally struck by a vehicle on a highway near Southern California's Santa Monica Mountains. Verified Mountain Lion-Human Attacks. About Us; 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. It has nothing to do with trophy hunting, public safety, etc. Colin McEnroe is a radio host, newspaper columnist, magazine writer, author, playwright, lecturer, moderator, college instructor and occasional singer. The tails gotta be there. Young pumas dispersing from Western habitats are being killed at the source, compromising the Easts critical opportunity for ecosystem health and the return of an apex carnivore., Regardless of where they are found, or whether people want to hunt or protect them, people are enchanted by mountain lions. Reading Time: 4 mins read . She adds, I think its because a lot of people are fascinated by wild cats; they are the embodiment of the wild.. Early spring 2019 I caught a glimpse of one entering over grown brush on the side of the road very very early in the morning. Body length: 5 - 8 feet Ear length: 3 - 4 inches Tail length: 21 - 35 inches Weight: 90 - 160 pounds Behavior: Mountain lions are solitary animals except during the breeding season or when females are raising kittens. Learn More Who We Are & What We Do. Mountain Lion Weight: 80-160 pounds Length: About 7-8 feet long Tail: 2-3 feet long (up to half of the total length) Identification The mountain lion is a large, slender cat, with a long rope-like tail. Females ranges are much smaller so it will take reintroduction or a few savvy wildlife biologist in the dead of night. And theres another school of thought, Well, no, there just are too many of them probably we have to reduce that population somehow. Where do you fall in that whole continuum? Then saw him a few more times from further away across the road and along the edge sometimes of the woods. Advocates of the proposed Aid in Dying bill made an emotional plea to state legislators in Hartford on Wednesday to approve the legislation, introduced 15 separate times in Connecticut since 1994. We have people eating dinner in their kitchen, they hear a noise, all of a sudden a bear walks in, so they run into their bedroom to get away from the bear, while the bears out ransacking their refrigerator. People often get very emotional about it, Hawley says. Betty folded his arms across his chest, where they rose and fell and rose again with his breathing. The next week, on June 11, the cat was hit and killed by an SUV on the Wilbur Cross Parkway in Milford. We think theyre coming in from Canada, Betty told me. But what might be his most compelling argument is that since this is Connecticut, the budget is too limited. Well, theres no difference between Maine and New Brunswick, anyway, said Betty. While other states have their Bigfoot and sea monster sightings, in Connecticut, and throughout much of the Northeast, we see mountain lions even when were told such sightings are unlikely, if not outright impossible. #3. 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? Another important difference: bobcats are found in Connecticut while mountain lions are not. ALSO KNOWN AS Bobcats: Though technically a type of lynx, they are distinct from other species of lynx such as the Canadian lynx. Responding to complaints about a predator eating a local farmers sheep, Crowell and a small group of fellow hunters had tracked the big cat through the snow. Time changes all and Im not going to shut the door on the future and say that a breeding population of cougars is not here because the day after tomorrow they could be here its just a matter of time., Though a deer hunter herself, Morse is opposed to the way mountain lions have been hunted in the western U.S., where they are found. I lived in great Barrington mass and I took photos of tracks in a field in April of 2009 (and of course lost them). You cansubscribe here, orfind the current issue on sale here. His Tail was very long almost touching the ground and as thick as velvet rope. She favors plaid shirts, green Dickies work pants, and hiking boots, and she chided me for shaking her hand too gently. The second occasion was on the way to work when I saw the cougar/catamount crossing Route 44. Hawley:Were sort of stuck between a rock and a hard place right now. It used to be that a bear would go into a house when someone wasnt home. Guns n' Gear), whose first name is Mike, is a United States Air Force and Army Veteran who uses his "experience on a . A witness captured the terrifying moment when a deputy escaped the jaws of a mountain lion in Colorado. The Mountain Lion is a large, slender cat with a smallish head and noticeably long tail. We witnessed a mountain lion stalking a herd of deer. Watch Live at 7:00 PM: The U.S. and the Holocaust, a film by Ken Burns | Screening & Panel Discussion . Others have seen cougar in neighboring towns . Im not surprised that various state officers deny the presence of cougars in new England. It can run at speeds of up to 50 mph. So its this gathering storm. People often get very emotional about it, Hawley says. I only saw the back side, but he was huge. A threat to livestock, they were hunted out of the state and driven to parts more wild. We have people eating dinner in their kitchen, they hear a noise, all of a sudden a bear walks in, so they run into their bedroom to get away from the bear, while the bears out ransacking their refrigerator. Im always amazed at the sheer volume of people who are interested in cougars, more even than wolves, she says. Got a question or comment? I also had the vague notion that when it comes to cougars, people tend to sort themselves into one of three camps. I appreciated Ottmann and Bettys confidence and commitment, but here I was, poking through thorny thickets behind a bar, trailing a bleeding man whose devotion to proving the presence of cougars was beginning to seem like a quixotic quest with no end. But, I think with education and planning, we should reintroduce wolves and cougar in the Northeast. Bill and I are full-throttle. Hawley: Yeah. It continues in Connecticut, where that South Dakota cat was killed in 2011, and in Massachusetts, despite two credible reports in the past quarter century (in one case, DNA-confirmed scat; in the other, verified tracks). (My wife didnt get a look at the tail.) Concerned for people / pets and a school just down the street, stopped to report the sighting where dispatch told me that if I did not have proof they would not respond. Rumors of their hidden presence persisted. 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. McEnroe: Scientifically, this is a case where absence of evidence is kind of evidence of absence, right? I saw a cougar in Wolfeboro NH crossing / running across 28 ; close call between myself and a car traveling in the opposite direction over 12 years ago . are larger and heavier than females (60 to 100 lbs.). 75-170 pounds. Mountain lions also have tails that can grow up to 3 feet. Once at dusk driving in the Berkshires, he saw what he initially thought was a cat-like creature that was far bigger than a bobcat leap across the road. Obviously, this is the reason why the experts are loathe to admit that the species is here. This is a carousel. And it was this curiosity that led me to the Old Well Tavern in Simsbury, Connecticut, at a time of day (11:30 a.m.) that does not normally find me ensconced in the dim confines of a drinking establishment. In New Canaan, residents reported seeing mountain lions in 2016 and in 2018. If seen bobcats and moose and coyotes and coy dogs ! This guy was very intelligent, he had abandoned a professional career to pursue his dream of guiding. A 140-pound male mountain lion was hit by a car and killed in 2011 in Milford, Connecticut. A self-defense connoisseur with a large social media presence has ignited a firestorm over his posting of a video showing a mountain lion getting shot in the head. Several years ago, I saw what was definitely a cougar walking along a street. For mountain lions in Connecticut, a lack of evidence is very good evidence. Ive seen bobcats before, this wasnt a bobcat. And its a lose-lose situation, because theres really not a whole lot you can tell them in most cases thats going to change their mind.. When I shared their story with the staff at the center where my sister lived, I expected surprise and interested. Police Chief. Im confident that we get occasional outlier animals.. I was just amazed as I watched this scene in my own back yard. . Body coloration can range from tan to gray and cubs are usually covered with blackish brown spots. However, the captive lion theory was also wrong. The Cougar, also known as mountain lion and puma, is Canada's largest and most powerful wildcat. Mountain Lion Update - May 8, 2020, by Sam Wilson, Furbearer and Carnivore Program Manager. We lived off of Mountain Rd in Granby, Ct for 8 years and I can say that without a doubt I am 100% sure that there are mountain lions living there. Weve done a lot of work over the years investigating sightings. Indeed, one of her steadiest sources of funding for Keeping Track is a presentation on cougars that has been known to draw more than 500 audience members. And, 18 months ago, a Cedar Rapids man bagged a mountain lion that was perched in a tree while deer hunting south of Marengo. The police and everyone else just shook their heads but she to her dying breath said she saw a mountain lion in Lexington MA. It lowers the population in a way thats not going to affect the long-term population. No doubt of what it was; size, color and recognizable tail. However, the population declined in the early 1900's due to unregulated hunting and bounties were placed on mountain lions until 1966. 02:02. Cougars, Lynx, Bobcats, Wolves, Bears etc were and are a They are here & ..just a matter of time with photo or kill on a highway/road. 2439 Adams Farm Ct, Snow Camp, NC 27349 $299,000 MLS# 2479163 PRICE REDUCTION!! It has a long, black-tipped tail and black . But further inspection revealed it was a very large coyote. I started asking a lot of questions, and realized theres only one explanation for the answers I was getting: They are here., You could have 30 in Connecticut alone. Theyll say, Hey, you can see in the picture that it has a long tail, and when I look at the picture, I say, I see how you would see that because they way these cats walk, theyll kind of stand and trail their rear leg. The guide told him earlier in the summer he and a couple clients had watched a moutain lion come down to the bank of the Deerfield River just upstream and take a small deer, fawn, drag it into the woods and it kill it, they could hear the screams of the deer as the cougar finished the job. The restrictions/regulations surrounding management of an endangered species is incredibly cumbersome, and would be difficult to manage. The one thing that jumped out at her the tail. Put bluntly, Morse does not believe that New England is home to cougars. Those are the two closest populations that we have here. Photos of the cat did nothing to convince DEEP the cat was here. 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 Hartford Courant dubbed the lion-like creature supposedly responsible, the Glawackus. If these people say they saw something, Im going to listen., If theres one thing people on all sides of the debate can agree on, its that a breeding population of cougars is essential to the overall health of New Englands ecosystems, which currently lack an apex predator. Mountain Lion Sightings in CT Was the animal a pet set free? They were also seen at other times by members of my family and other people in the neighborhood. . Hey, I know what I saw. Males (100 to 170 lbs.) 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. 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. 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. Another possibility is to use the dosdude1 patcher to upgrade the MacBook to Sierra, this being generally possible on any unsupported machines mid-2008 or later. And DNA analysis shows us that felis concolor is genetically the same across the USI think it is irrelevant, but interesting. It jumped 28 feet across the road. Distinguished by a boxy head, big paws and a VERY long tail. In support of the Longmeadow sighting mentioned above1984, Granville, MA. So, traffic had been slowed from both ends for a good 3-5 minutes. However, many of their claimsespecially Mr. Bettys contention of roughly a dozen personal sightings in New Englandare hard to take seriously. 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. Give today at any amount and join the 50,000 members who are Jason Hawley says his office gets lots of calls about mountain lions each year. It was a 140-pound male mountain lion, the first confirmed in Connecticut in more than 100 years. 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. But honest misidentifications are more common. I saw on three occasions in about the same location a beautiful mtn lion with the long bushytail that curves at the end. Was INCREDIBLE! The big cat has been extinct here since the mid-1800s. Prior to becoming a reporter, he was the founding producer of Connecticut Public Radio's The Colin McEnroe Show, which began in 2009. No need since so we guess it has moved on from the northeast corner of Connecticut. These highlights have been edited and condensed for length and clarity. Broken Down: The National Society of Leadership and Success? Not really, Rego says. They have been absent from this state since the late 1800s; however, there have been a few isolated sightings. His mentor, Aldo Leopold, a prominent wildlife biologist, also believed this, but felt if people learned about these populations, they would be hunted to extinction. For a solid four seconds, Marchibroda watched as a large, sleek cat standing about three feet tall with a long, curled tail crossed Skyline Drive near Gavel Springs Gap less than 100 feet in front of them. Adult females can be 7 feet long and weigh between . We really must establish first that these beautiful animals SHOULD be in every state that was once THEIR habitat. Instead, the responsne I heard were nonchalant, Oh, yes, lots of people have seen that mountain lion around here; pretty isnt it?. 2012). I saw one about 10 years ago, on our road. 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. Bobcats and a possible mountain lion have been mentioned within the past few weeks. While recent mountain lion sightings in Connecticut have not been confirmed, if someone suspects they encountered a mountain lion, they should not run away, as it might spur a chase. She lives near the end of a gravel road in a modest, low-slung house tucked into the flanks of the Green Mountains. But other hard evidence of the big cats presence is elusive. He drove me out to the spot. State conservation officials believe this photo, taken in Greenwich in 2011, shows a mountain lion. Spatz and Sue dont want to go where were going.. Not long after, what was believed to be the same mountain lion was struck and killed on Route 15 in Milford. The mountain lion is believed to have had an encounter with a family on their lawn. Mountain Lions: cougars, pumas, panthers and catamounts. 10186. Residents of Greenwich, Conn., have reported seeing a mountain lion roaming the woods -- even though the species is extinct in the region, MyFoxNY.com reports. Weve got a growing bear population. Hawley: That animal was documented. 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. It had rained previously. I knew it had to have been from a mountain lion Ive seen bobcats and their tracks and from the size of the deer carcass Im convinced there are mountain lions amongst us in Massachusetts! She said it jumped up on the neighbors stone wall which was pretty high and walked across it. And theres another school of thought, Well, no, there just are too many of them probably we have to reduce that population somehow. Where do you fall in that whole continuum? 90th Annual New Haven Register All-State Football First Team. 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