Welcome to the forum safaridingo, as far as reintroducing cougars i'm against it. They were recently confirmed here in WI, but i saw one back in 1990 a few miles from where i live. Last summer my neighbor saw one eyeing up her little girl while riding her bike down our road, she's convinced that it was thinking of attacking her. My bud had a "pet" cougar in the 90's north of Duluth, and while i was helping fix the beast's kennel it attacked me, they are stealthy, powerful predators and i don't like them around my home. I would not be surprised if they were out east already.