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What’s the debate?
There isn't any more debate with photographic and first person sightings all over the province. I really question why the OMNRF steadfastly and vehemently continue to deny the fact.Quote:
Originally Posted by 73hunter
I don't think MNRF has denied they are present, the question is are they natural or the product of excapees?
Endangered ... Yes, but they do exist. Much like Bobcats, another elusive kitty. May as well toss in Badgers as another hard to spot critter.
We don't need no stinking badgersQuote:
Originally Posted by longpointer
https://youtu.be/XT8hE7_8BCY
The MNR has long denied their existence. It's only been in the last few years they've dropped this. As far as natural or escapees - there have been collared western cougars wandering as far east as Maine... The most likely source of an Ontario cougar is a wayward western cougar.Quote:
Originally Posted by redd foxx
The MNRF has changed the status from Extirpated (meaning the nuimbers are too low to count) to Endangered:
Status
Endangered
“Endangered” means the species lives in the wild in Ontario but is facing imminent extinction or extirpation.
https://www.ontario.ca/page/mountain-lion-cougar
They had tracked one from the UP in Michigan accross Ontario about 30 years ago that was witnessed in Campbellville Ontario and along the Niagara peninsula.
Interesting read Marker. Doesn't sound like any denials to me. Thanks for posting that. :)
Well fellas, I’ll add my name to the list of those to have seen cougars in Ontario…..this afternoon with my son and my parents on a boat cruise up the South Magnetawan river ….saw one walking along a railway and across the railway bridge. We were a few hundred yards away but my son had the binoculars and saw it clearly. From afar we could tell by its walk that it wasn’t a dog or deer…obviously a surprise to see it and especially at mid-afternoon, but it was a remote area