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Well, it's a cougar alright ! I'd hope the MNRF does a necropsy to see what killed it. Sure is in rough shape.
Thanks Mike for posting the pics...
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Has anything been mentioned in the news yet?
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Looks like it's confirmed. Gord Ellis of cbc and ood has interviewed the lady that found it, and shared the story, gotten word direct from from her. He's a respected journalist so I think its for real.
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I guess the question now is.....is a released cat or natural. There was one shot by OPP a few years back near Bracebridge that MNR investigated and turned out to be an escapee from a local zoo.
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I would trust Gord Ellis. The question is going to be whether it was wild. But there's lots of evidence for cougars in northwestern Ont.
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I would of loved to see a pic with the toes pulled back to reveal if it has claws or had been declawed. Even if it had claws it would not be definitive of a wild but declawed would definitely be an escapee. And I agree that lots of evidence out there to support a wild population especially in the north west.
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HJ, that was one of my first thoughts as well. Suspect if it had been declawed the taxidermist that examined it, would have noted that and said so, instead he claimed it as being wild. Maybe a tad premature on his part, because as you noted, just because one still has claws, it could still be an escapee, but I'm thinking in this case, we do have a wild one.
There have been a handful caught on film now, or seen and trapped, there was one in Grafton (?) last year that spent a day or two under someones deck. All determined, labelled as escapees.
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Who knows if the story is real, but the story is on CBC/ThunderBay
