Did the VERMONT AGENCY OF NATURAL RESOURCES really confirm a Puma occurrence in the town of Wells last week?

NORTHEAST RESIDENT LIONS?: Despite the opinions of some biologists there are many sources out that believer the Northeast has a resident mountain lion population.

A report from Wells, Vt., showed that a juvenile mountain lion not only attacked and killed domestic turkeys on Mack Hill Farm in Wells, it also killed one guard dog and severely injured a second.

A report received from the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources confirmed to the farm owner that it was a juvenile mountain lion.

could it be true,,,,,,,,,,a Puma like the one in the picture wandering the Green Mountains?

 

New England Mountain Lion Sighting Board commentary on the Wells, Vermont Puma

I received an email from a biologist with the state of VT yesterday. She stated she had heard of this incident, but was not aware anyone from ANR had responded. She also stated that they do NOT DENY that there are mountain lions in Vt. They just have no evidence of a breeding population. They are short handed, and short funded, and cannot lanunch studies, which is why a group of us is doing so. I gave her the information so she can get the report first hand. As I suspected, this is turning out to be more of a miscommunication issue than an unreliable report. We have a couple of other very similar incidents we are working on. That being said, cooperation with these state groups is starting to increase, which is very productive. I am, however, somewhat disturbed by the attitude that "nobody has posted so they arent here". They are here, and have been for decades. Thanks to social media and cooperative citizens, they now know they need to gather evidence when these sightings occur, if at all possible. Thanks everyone.