Cougar Sighting Confirmed In Indiana
Both the Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife and the Indiana Department of Natural Resources is trying to separate fact from fiction concerning these cougar sightings. Both agencies said they've caught some cats on camera
"You know, we get reports of mountain lions, cougars, whatever you want to call it. We get them throughout the year," said Steven Dobey of the Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife.
According to the United States Department of Fish & Wildlife, cougars have been extinct in the eastern U.S. for 100 years.
Cougars are not extinct in the Midwest -- pictures taken by a motion camera set up by the Indiana department of natural resources after sightings by residents show a cougar in Green County, Ind.
It's the one confirmation for the state. Since April 2010 until Sunday. There have been 233 sightings.
Two hundred twelve were unconfirmed, with the one confirmation in Green County. Twenty other sightings were found out to be other animals.
"Most reports are from random sightings or perhaps a track someone thinks they may see. We tend to investigate as many as we can," Dobey said. With so many sightings in Kentucky, the state department of fish and wildlife has also set up motion-sensor cameras to catch a cat in action. Kentucky and Indiana use fur, paw prints, photos, even DNA testing to confirm sightings. They admit it is possible for a cougar to migrate more than a thousand miles to find its domain.
So far, Kentucky has no confirmed cases. "If we were to see one here, it would be really rare," Dobey said. Dobey said one of the reasons why Kentucky may not have any confirmed sightings like Indiana is because of the natural barriers between the states.
"You know, we get reports of mountain lions, cougars, whatever you want to call it. We get them throughout the year," said Steven Dobey of the Kentucky Department of Fish & Wildlife.
According to the United States Department of Fish & Wildlife, cougars have been extinct in the eastern U.S. for 100 years.
Cougars are not extinct in the Midwest -- pictures taken by a motion camera set up by the Indiana department of natural resources after sightings by residents show a cougar in Green County, Ind.
It's the one confirmation for the state. Since April 2010 until Sunday. There have been 233 sightings.
Two hundred twelve were unconfirmed, with the one confirmation in Green County. Twenty other sightings were found out to be other animals.
"Most reports are from random sightings or perhaps a track someone thinks they may see. We tend to investigate as many as we can," Dobey said. With so many sightings in Kentucky, the state department of fish and wildlife has also set up motion-sensor cameras to catch a cat in action. Kentucky and Indiana use fur, paw prints, photos, even DNA testing to confirm sightings. They admit it is possible for a cougar to migrate more than a thousand miles to find its domain.
So far, Kentucky has no confirmed cases. "If we were to see one here, it would be really rare," Dobey said. Dobey said one of the reasons why Kentucky may not have any confirmed sightings like Indiana is because of the natural barriers between the states.
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