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Wisonsin DNR Central Office
101 S WEBSTER ST
PO BOX 7921
MADISON WI USA
53707-7921
(608) 266-2621
(608) 261-4380 (Fax)
(608) 267-6897 (TTY)
Office Hours
Monday thru Friday,
7:45 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
There are currently no cougar-related advocacy activities in this state.
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A Cougar in Connecticut - updated storyScience News | 2011-08-27 Scientists piece together the wanderings of a young male cat. |
Must we shoot big cats in "cougar country"?Gazette Xtra.com | 2011-02-28 What a difference a few years make. Several years ago, before a wild cougar was positively identified through a trace of blood as having been in Milton and possibly Janesville, Clinton and Elkhorn before making its way into Illinois, Wisconsin DNR officials seemingly were in denial that these big cats roamed Wisconsin. Wildlife officials weren’t convinced despite repeated reports from state residents who spotted what they believed were cougars through the years. |
Tracking the elusive cougar: wildlife expert teaches technique to volunteersMilwaukee Journal Sentinel | 2011-02-03 Perhaps it was the size. Or posture. Or beauty. Or wildness. Or instinctual human fear of large predators. Or, in Wisconsin, rarity. |
Wis. DNR says animal sighted not cougarDaily Jefferson County Union | 2011-01-27 TOWN OF KOSHKONONG, Wis. (AP) - The state Department of Natural Resources says there is no evidence that an animal sighted in southern Wisconsin last week was a cougar. |
Possible Cougar Attack In Monroe CountyChannel 3000 Madison | 2010-09-13 Authorities are investigating another possible cougar attack in western Wisconsin. The latest incident happened in Sparta in Monroe County, which is about 30 miles northwest of where several other attacks happened earlier this summer in Elroy. |
Cougar sightingKTTC NBC | 2010-08-30 Several people say they spotted a cougar prowling in the Twin Cities suburb of Roseville, and experts believe the sighting may be linked to a Wisconsin cat. |
Cougars Confirmed in WINBC 12 WI | 2010-08-18 A few drops of blood, preserved by an alert warden, proves that while one male cougar was tracking through St. Croix and Dunn counties this past December, another male cougar was moving near the Flambeau River, 125 miles to the north. |
Cougar sightings reported, but proof is rareGazette Xtra.com | 2010-08-16 Milton residents Kalen Marsden and Chad Lovelace were in a canoe, fishing a bend on the east end of Rice Lake near Hickory Hills Campground. It was a mid-June day. The fish were biting. |
DNR Setting Protocol After Many Cougar Sightingsabc 2 WBAY | 2010-07-07 Sightings of one rare animal have Wisconsin DNR wildlife biologists fielding calls almost daily. |
DNR Searching For Cougar That Attacked HeiferNews Channel 3 - Madison | 2010-05-19 An attack on a year-old heifer in Juneau County over the weekend will be noted as a historic event in Wisconsin wildlife evolution, the first occurrence of a cougar taking down a domestic animal in more than 100 years, experts said Tuesday. |
A Black Hills lion in the Badger State? MaybeRapid City Journal | 2010-05-19 Wildlife biologists and hunters in Wisconsin are wondering if the latest visit by a mountain lion, which might have wandered from the Black Hills, is a sign of things to come in the Badger State. |
Famous tracker offers up info on cougarsCoshocton Tribune - WI | 2009-12-29 First came the cougar. Now comes the world-famous cougar tracker. |
Possible cougar tracks found in WisconsinPossible cougar tracks found in Wisconsin | 2009-12-21 Experts said animal tracks discovered in Wisconsin could belong to a cougar seen wandering recently in Minnesota. |
Cruising cougars? Father, son report seeing two mountain lions in Twin LakesJill Tatge-Rozell - Kenosha News, WI | 2009-11-04 Two mountain lions were reportedly seen crossing Lance Drive near Highway O late last month. It is the first time two have allegedly been spotted together in the state. |
Cougar Sighting Reported Near Chippewa FallsWQOW -18 ABC Eau Claire | 2009-05-18 The Wisconsin DNR receivesanotherreport that someone spotted a cougar, which has the agency wondering if there are at least a few big cats roaming western Wisconsin... |
DNR drops cougar search, for nowJana Hollingsworth | 2009-03-07 Wisconsin wildlife officials suspended their search for the mountain lion spotted near Spooner this week. |
Wisconsin wildlife officials pursue mountain lionBy COLIN FLY - Associated Press | 2009-03-06 MILWAUKEE - Wisconsin wildlife officials continued Thursday to pursue a mountain lion roaming near Spooner in an effort to fit it with a radio collar. |
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