Whenever game wardens, DoW officers, or whatever we call them make a statement of "No there isn't any (insert game animal name) in the state..., what they really mean is, "We've been introducing this animal to the area, however we will deny it until someone kills one". They denied bear and cougar existed in the Tulsa, OK area for years, until one year a bear and a cougar at different times were truck by cars. Then the real truth came out of introductions.