THE COUGAR NETWORK is reporting on "The Tennessee Wildlife Resource Agency (TWRA) confirming another photo of a cougar!"......... "The photo was taken September 4 (above), this time in Wayne County, which is located approximately 90 miles southwest of Nashville and about 30 miles north of the Alabama border".......... "Most of the confirmations of cougars in Tennessee have been in Humphreys County, so this is the first for Wayne County"...............".It seems most logical that each of these confirmations represents a single animal, but we cannot know for certain"............ "Notably, it is illegal to kill a mountain lion in Tennessee"........So far, sightings of Pumas in the Midwest and East(outside of Florida) have been of "prospecting cats out of the South Dakota and Nebraska, not part of a breeding colony in any of the states east of the Mississippi) ........Waiting for both a male and female to both get the wanderlust concurrently and make it to Tennessee where a family setup can take place

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From: The Cougar Network <info@cougarnet.org;
Date: September 25, 2016 at 2:12:01 PM EDT
To: rick.meril@gmail.com
Subject: BREAKING! Cougar photo confirmed in TN
Reply-To: The Cougar Network <info@cougarnet.org


Top pic--This image, dated Aug. 3, 2016, is from a remote
 trailcamera
 in Humphreys County, Tenn. TWRA official say it is the first
 confirmed cougar sighting in the state since several other
 confirmed reports in 2015. (Photo: Contributed by TWRA)

Bottom Pic is the Sept 4 Humphreys County sighting

Cougar confirmed in Tennessee BREAKING  NEWS!  Another  photo in  Tennessee Eighth confirmation for Tennessee in  one year We received news this week that Tennessee  Wildlife Resource Agency (TWRA) confirmed  another photo of a cougar! The photo was taken  September 4 (above), this time in Wayne County, which is located approximately 90 miles southwest of Nashville and about 30 miles north of the Alabama border.   Most of the confirmations of cougars  in Tennessee have been in Humphreys County, so this is the first for Wayne County.It s eems most  logical that each of these confirmations represents  a single animal, but we cannot know for certain. Notably, it is illegal to kill a mountain lion in  Tennessee. Humphreys County, Tennessee Humphreys County is a county located in the  U.S. state of Tennessee. As of the 2010 census, the  population was 18,538 . Its county seat is Waverly. Wayne County,  Tennessee Wayne County is a county located in Tennessee.  As of the 2010 census,  the population was 17,021. Its county seat is Waynesboro. The county  is named after General "Mad Anthony" Wayne We are currently updating our confirmations map to reflect this recent activity. Stay tuned for more  updates and monthly newsletters from us as we continue our mission of tracking cougar range expansion, and doing robust research and public  education - Please consider supporting us with a   tax-free donation today. We would love to have  your support! The Cougar Network is a 501(c)(3) non-profit research  organization dedicated to studying cougar range expansion  in North America and operates entirely on donations - of which  100% of funds go to research and outreach