tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3113182078732942696.post5235208910382361139..comments2024-03-12T05:38:57.339-07:00Comments on Wolves, Wolf Facts, Cougars, Cougar Facts, Coyotes, Coyote Facts - Wolves, Cougars, Coyotes Forever: There is not a breeding population of Pumas in Oklahoma but sightings and evidence of cougars have been documented back to 1852, where two cougars were killed in the southwestern part of the state.............. Accounts continued into 1953 when an Oklahoma State University mammalogist documented tracks of a mountain lion southeast of Canton Lake in northwest Oklahoma................... Further reportings continued into September of 1984, where the refuge manager observed a mountain lion on the Wichita Mountains Wildlife Refuge...........The most recent confirmed Puma sighted in the state was killed by a car.in 2011(likely a prospecting Lion from South Dakota)..................AS far back as 1957, the Oklahoma Department of Wildlife Conservation listed the mountain lion as a game species with a closed hunting and trapping season..................However, Agency personnel have never conducted population surveys or assessed habitat availability...............Isn't it about time for some action on this front as the Central Rolling Red Plains ecoregion is excellent habitat to restore a breeding Puma population with it being 60% rangeland with large blocks of private land holdings and a low human population density.............These are the physical characteristics which are conducive to attracting immigration by mountain lions from the Dakotas, Nebraska and possibly the Big Bend Region of TexasCoyotes, Wolves and Cougars foreverhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05594002891926526543noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3113182078732942696.post-30286537043552606762020-04-26T16:30:11.245-07:002020-04-26T16:30:11.245-07:00They need to reintroduce Cougars and black bears a...They need to reintroduce Cougars and black bears and wolves back to the Wichita falls wildlife refugeAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04600667991589086532noreply@blogger.com