“For the primary time in additional than 100 years, cougar cubs have been found dwelling within the Michigan wild,” says the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (DNR) in a press release. Biologists say this may very well be the primary recognized cougar copy within the space in fashionable instances, since people hunted cougars from existence in Michigan through the early 1900s.
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The Michigan DNR says state biologists used pictures taken by a resident to substantiate the existence of two cubs discovered on non-public land in Michigan’s western Higher Peninsula. The presence of cubs, every estimated to be 7-9 weeks outdated, is a positive signal that the wild cats nonetheless roam there in secret.
Sadly, the DNR says there was no signal of the cubs’ mom.
“Though cougars are native to Michigan, most of them now look like transient animals, dispersing into Michigan from Western states,” explains the DNR. Regardless of the DNR’s 132 verified cougar stories, DNA testing has confirmed solely grownup male cougars . . . till now.
See the cougar cubs noticed in Michigan right here:
