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The Idaho Department of Fish & Game believes that the hound hunting of cougars still account for 80% of all cougar mortality, despite the fact that the state is unable to accurately estimate population numbers.

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Recently the state made it mandatory for hunters to submit a tooth from all harvested animals to document age. Cougar populations appear to be more closely tied to elk and deer populations than originally thought, since as elk populations in North Central Idaho declined, so to did the harvest of lions.

There has been more interest and concern regarding the orphaning of kittens in the state, as well as sightings of cougars in urban settings.