Just explain this andI will leave be. How can (Missouri, Vermont, Massachusetts, Maryland, West Virginia, North Carolina, Illinois, Kentucky, Ontarioand New Brunswick, Canada) all haveDNA documented proof of them, but PAcan absolutely NOT have any chance of having even a few, according to you. You must be quite the all knowing fellow to make postive statements like this. The wise statement would be that PA "could" have a few passing through at some point, wouldn't you say?
This was taken from CharlieP's post and the source was the Eastern Cougar Foundation for heavens sakes! Hardly an un biased source. That's like going to a the Big Foot Foundation for proof that Big Foot exists. Come on. Why not go to the NYDEC website or the Massachusetts fish and game web site and tell me why they both say the mountain lion has were extirpated over a hundred years ago. You keep saying "you" say they don't exist in PA. I haven't said they do or they don't. I don't have the resources to know independently so I rely on what the professional organizations that are paid to know say about it. And the PGC, and the NYDEC say there is no evidence for them. Why should I take your word or the word of the Eastern Cougar Foundation over theirs?
The wise statement would be that PA "could" have a few passing through at some point, wouldn't you say?
Do yourself a favor and find a good set of encyclopedias or go to the library and look up cougars. You will discover that the "reliable" sources like universites, game commissions etc. will all tell you that the cougar is considered to be extirpated east of the mississippi with the exception of a small population (100 or less) of the Florida panther in the Everglades. Why shouldn't I believe all these people? I've posted this before but why not once more...
Here's what the National Park Service says...
Originally, Mountain Lions roamed throughout North and South America. Today in North America, lion populations are limited to British Columbia, Alberta, the twelve westernmost states in the U.S., and the Florida Everglades.
No, livbucks, the wise thing to do would be to quit listening to the all the rumors and all the people that want to believe the rumors and listen to what the professional agencies are saying.