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Game and Fish fuels fear of cougarsRick Hopkins | 2012-02-01 |
Game and Fish should come clean on cougarsThomas D. Mangelsen and Cara Blessley Lowe | 2012-03-14 |
Kids Learn Cougar BasicsJackson Hole News and Guide | 2012-03-28 Cougar Fund's new program for 4th graders, Cougar Posse, which teaches about the importance of this apex species is up and running in Jackson, WY. |
Residents: Close Cache Creek for CougarsCory Hatch, Jackson Hole News and Guide | 2012-02-22 |
Cougar family deserved protectionLisa Rullman, Casper Star Tribune | 2012-02-11 The rest of the story about the Cache Creek cougars. |
Game and Fish releases mountain lionsKelsey Dayton, Casper Star Tribune | 2012-02-04 Wyoming Game and Fish Department staff members released a mountain lion family in an undisclosed location between Lander and Rawlins on Friday. |
4th cougar kitten foundCory Hatch, Jackson Hole Daily | 2012-02-03 Three kittens caught. Four cougars total. (Despite newspaper title.) |
3rd Cougar Kitten FoundCorey Hatch, Jackson Hole News and Guide | 2012-02-03 WY Game and Fish still plans to move cougar family far from its home range. |
Cache Creek Cougar Family GroupCraighead Beringia South | 2012-01-31 Cougar biologists at Craighead Beringia South weigh in on Cache Creek cougars. |
Group: Set Cougar FreeCory Hatch, Jackson Hole Daily | 2012-01-27 |
Ask Wyoming Officials to Reunite Cougar FamilyPETA | 2012-01-26 |
The Cougar Fund asks WY Game and Fish Department to free mother cougarJackson Hole News and Guide | 2012-01-27 |
Cougar Family May Die Because of Government TrappersMarc Bekoff | 2012-01-26 |
Cache Creek lioness caged, kits still roamCory Hatch | 2012-01-25 Game and Fish responds to fears for human safety; critics say move is a death sentence. |
Mountain Lions Spotted Near Cache Creek TrailsJackson Hole Daily - Rich Anderson | 2012-01-23 A mountain lion with two approximately 7-month-old kittens were spotted Saturday near the Cache Creek trailhead, prompting Bridger-Teton National Forest officials to alert residents and trail users. |
Bighorns become part of prey studyBlack Hills Pioneer | 2011-02-28 Wildlife biologists know mountain lions are killing bighorn sheep in the Black Hills, but they want to know just how many. |
American cougars on the decline: 'We're running against the clock,' says big cat expeMongabay.com | 2011-01-19 It holds the Guinness World Record for having the most names of any animal on the planet, with 40 in English alone. It's also the widest-ranging native land animal in the Americas, yet is declining throughout much of its range. Mongabay talks with big cat expert Dr. Howard Quigley about the status and research implications of the elusive, enigmatic, and unique cougar. |
Wyoming pastors rescue stranded Wisconsin dogWKBT | 2010-12-08 Two Wyoming pastors recently put their rock climbing hobby to some Good Samaritan use. |
Mountain Lion Hunting Closed In Black Hills AreaAP Casper | 2010-11-17 Mountain lion hunting is closed in an area of the Black Hills. |
Sanctuary offers one-of-a-kind protection for mistreated wildcatsKARE 11 | 2010-10-09 The Wild Cat Sanctuary started 10 years ago as a way to put an end to the captive wildlife crisis in Minnesota and the United States. |
Officials investigate mountain lion poachingBig Cat Rescue | 2010-11-09 The spate of recent poaching incidents in southwest Wyoming claimed another victim, this time in the Cokeville area. |
Game warden looks for killer of lion and kittenLittle Chicago Review | 2010-10-21 Game Warden Neil Hymas is asking for the public’s help in solving a double mountain lion poaching case. |
Mountain lions poached near Cokevilletrib.com | 2010-10-20 Wyoming Game and Fish Department game wardens are seeking the poachers who shot and killed a female mountain lion and its kitten about two weeks ago. |
Mountain lioness apprehended in PowellPowell Tribune | 2010-06-25 A young mountain lion was captured without incident just east of Homesteader Park early Saturday morning. |
Cougar regs may changeJackson Hole Daily | 2010-06-22 Today is the final day to comment on proposed cougar regulations that could mean more cats are killed by people next season. |
Mountain lion startles Cody residentsBillings Gazette | 2010-06-08 CODY — A mountain lion startled residents along Ina Avenue Friday, according to Park County Sheriff Scott Steward. |
Meetings Planned On Wyo. Cougar Hunting SeasonMeetings Planned On Wyo. Cougar Hunting Season | 2010-05-11 State wildlife officials are sponsoring public meetings in northeast Wyoming on recommendations for mountain lion hunting season over the next three years. |
Mountain Lion Shot And Killed In SheridanAP - Wyoming | 2011-05-11 Police shot and killed a mountain lion that was spotted in the bushes of someone's backyard in a Sheridan residential area. |
Mountain Lion Removed From SheridanAP - Wyoming | 2010-04-29 Wildlife officials tranquilized a mountain lion that took refuge in a tree within the Sheridan city limits. |
Mountain lion spotted againWyoming -Little Chicago Review | 2010-03-25 Diamondville – A second mountain lion sighting in Diamondville has prompted a reminder to residents from the Wyoming Game and Fish Department: Do not feed the deer. Kemmerer Game Warden Andy Countryman and Cokeville Game Warden Neil Hymas have been working to locate the mountain lion since it was first reported in January. |
Lion sighting near Pinedale prompts precautionsAP - Wyoming | 2010-01-04 A recent mountain lion sighting near Pinedale is prompting the Wyoming Game and Fish Department to recommend ways to avoid encounters with the big cats. |
Mountain lion kills llama in Alta, Wyo.Cory Hatch Jackson Hole News & Guide | 2009-12-30 A male mountain lion attacked and killed a llama at a private residence off State Line Road in Alta during the weekend before the owner shot the cat dead Monday as it fed on the llama’s carcass. |
Mountain lion shot in AltaRachael Horne - Teton Valley News | 2009-12-30 A mountain lion that killed and fed on a llama in Alta was shot on Monday. Lou Centrella, who lives on State Line Road, said he noticed the gate where he kept his three llamas was open. He found one llama dead and another missing. He also noticed several large tracks that he thought came from a cat. He called Fish and Game and was then put in touch with a Teton County Wyoming sheriff's deputy. |
Game Warden found guilty of hunting violationBuffalo Bulletin - Grant Smith | 2009-12-10 In a trial that attempted to put hard definitions on the abstract concepts of fair chase and proper sportsmanship while hunting, Lusk resident and former Kaycee Wyoming Game and Fish Department Game Warden Brady Vandeburg was found guilty in Johnson County Circuit Court on one charge of failing to immediately take or release a treed mountain lion. |
Mountain Lion attack reports unfoundedTorrington Telegram, Carson LeMahieu -WY | 2009-12-10 Recent rumors circulating around Torrington of a mountain lion attack on three horses in the area are simply not true, local game officials say. |
Wyoming hunter bags deer, then hungry lionAP | 2009-11-07 Retired orthopedic surgeon Chris Smith thought his hunt was over when he bagged a white tail deer with a bow and arrow near Sheridan. Because the light was fading, he decided to return the next day to recover the deer. But when he returned Wednesday morning, the carcass had been covered by grass and bush — which is what mountain lions typically do. |
Man says he fends off lion with chainsaw in Wyo.AP | 2009-07-17 CODY, Wyo. — A man says he used his chainsaw to fight off a starving mountain lion that attacked him while he was camping in the Shoshone National Forest. |
Not your ordinary stray kittyBy Don Amend- Powell Tribune | 2009-06-03 After receiving a dose of tranquilizer from a dart fired by Luke Ellsberry of the Wyoming Game and Fish, a mountain lion slowly relaxes on his perch at the home of Mike and Pam Masterson on North Bernard Street Sunday morning. |
Wyoming Game & Fish Mountain Lion Identification Exam
 | WY Mtn Lion Edu Id Course - 293.4KB |
This material was adapted from an original cougar education course developed by the Colorado Division of Wildlife. A link to this course can be found by clicking here.
Wyoming Game and Fish
5400 Bishop Boulevard
Cheyenne, WY 82006
307-777-4600
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| WY Mtn Lion Edu Id Course - 293.4KB |
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