All they think it traveled north through Canada up you know crossed across the Great Lakes and then and then down again through New York State. Tim Yeah. So that's the specimen that you find going long distances. Lions Clubs Int'l Links: LionNet NH Links 2011 -2012 . Right. Which goes back to the Connecticut Connecticut cat and what not. I can't tell you what you saw but it sounds like a mountain lion. It's completely possible that it may have spent time in New Hampshire and went undetected but had it stayed in the area ultimately it would have been detected over time. Is that typically what was happening there. It was some sort of a Lion Mountain Lion animal. These young males are tracking looking for mates and if they don't find a mate they just keep moving and moving and moving. I just saw the head and the tail that was leaving. Patrick Tate: Well. I think as Pat was saying you know 35 to 50 pounds on a male be reasonable range whereas mountain lions you're up to 100 110 maybe even 130 pounds on a big male. HOLDERNESS, N.H. (AP) Two of the known mountain lions in New Hampshire have spent their 15 years in close proximity to humans. SUE Morse naturalist and science director for the organization keeping track. For all the men out there that don't realize it. "Of those three to five reports,. However, as far as I can tell theres no Deep State Conspiracy to cover up a breeding population of cougars in the Granite State. So I did a bunch of research and all the documentation I found was there art are not any pieces of DNA of Eastern online. Okay. There have been several sightings of mountain lions in New Hampshire recently. But if people are still seeing mountain lions, why is the state and federal government seeking to COVER IT UP!? Which which I think Pat and I have both experienced. Sunny today high temperatures low to mid 80s it'll be clear tonight overnight lows in the 50s for tomorrow sunshine with high temperatures mid to upper 80s. So try to take photographs if you see something like this. And so. Somewhere the way they travel the things they do they're going to leave evidence. They sent he sent his scent those two samples with his to Wyoming an unfortunate Fish and Game Commission there did not get a positive read on it but send it back to Central Michigan University where they did a nuclear micro satellite DNA analysis and found no significant difference between that scat and other scats that were tested from the Rocky Mountain region. Peter Biello: This is NHK PR Good morning and HP are summer car raffle is back and now's the time to get your early bird tickets. Nicholas Handy can be reached at 924-7172 ext. It's unfortunate that that kind of thing happens as often as it does. The American Lion The Saber tooth Tiger and this was the one that survived. People were calling the New Hampshire Fish and Game director's office saying why are you dragging your feet on this. Rick van de Poll: Well education is the real important thrust of of what all of us do as biologists and Game Managers and to make sure that a things like what Sam was saying that in spite of what you believe the mountain lions will not eat your children they will not steal your pets from your backyard and they will not necessarily be seen by you unless you're extremely lucky. But on the other side of that coin there is this sense that there have been so many sightings locally and you guys Patrick you might recall the name the Wyndham McCracken she kind of turned herself into a local authority off authorities the right word but she was very dedicated to this. So and so they so they do get pretty involved. Peter Biello: We at this e-mailed comment from Michael. It doesn't make much sense because you know mountain lions are as we as we said before.
N.H. Residents Report Mountain Lion Sighting - NECN The DNA the DNA that they were able to pull from the cat suggested that it was a dispersed mountain lion that came. All of that remains unanswered but it is an extremely interesting question. I just want to tell you a story that I read. About Lions. Are these big cats back?Subscribe to WMUR on YouTube now for more: http://bit.ly/1lOjX9CGet more Manchester news: http://wmur.comLike us: http://facebook.com. I wasn't employed as biologists at the time of a situation that's been reported but so I started digging into this report and spoke with another wildlife biologist with the agency and said Do you know anything about this. Sam Evans Brown. And Rick van de Poll naturalist and founder of ecosystem management consultants of New England. Peter Biello: So Patrick today Fish and Game no downward pressure on you to deny the existence at all costs of mountain lions here in New Hampshire. for some excitement. Peter Biello: Rick I believe you did mention that that they do leave carcasses up in the tree from time to time but are there any other species known in New Hampshire to do this on a regular basis. Mountain Lions in New Hampshire-Fact or Fiction 3,207 views Jul 31, 2019 78 Dislike Share Save New Hampshire Fish and Wildlife 634 subscribers During my thirty-one career at the New. The views expressed in this program are those of the individuals and not those of an HP are its board of trustees or its underwriters. Get your tickets today and one for fifty dollars or six for 150 at NH PR and board.
Residents believe cougars still roam New Hampshire's forests But you can continue the conversation on Facebook or at our Web site and HP Borg. If youve got photo trap evidence of a Mountain Lion, send it in, and we'll send it along to the appropriate state or federal agency! Fish and Wildlife Service decided all of the cougars, pumas, and mountain lions in the country are actually the same species, and that species hasnt had a breeding population anywhere near the Northeast for at least 70 years. Now Bobcat is a completely different species. Patrick Tate: So I agree with what Sam said in part that their ability to go undetected for amount of time but ultimately it was detected.
However the scarring on the trees did not and the angles were off. We've met Fish and Game's BURDEN OF PROOF. That's what we're seeing is dispersing mountain lions from the West who are just making their way through. Peter Biello: This is the exchange on an PR. Through DNA they approximate area in the United States or North America where I was born. Anytime at any HP broad dot org or subscribe to our podcast search Apple podcasts Google Play or stitcher for an HP bar exchange. They sent it already. OK. Rick van de Poll: Rick and I would add that if a mountain lion male takes up residence and successfully finds a female as pets there's gonna be a lot more evidence there will be like deer carcasses up in trees and territorial marking and claw marks and tracks and it you know dispersal is gonna be very tough to see or observed but residential parrots a totally different story. And those are not the same things. Join as a $8 per month sustainer and get our brand-new owl umbrella! HOLDERNESS, N.H. (AP) Two of the known mountain lions in New Hampshire have spent their 15 years in close proximity to humans. Let us know your story and share your photos! 1957. Want to report a Mountain Lion sighting in New Hampshire? Some of the reports that I looked into that were actually on file at the local fish and game office were even from people who did not live locally. Sam Evans-Brown: You know the North America had a number of large predator species when humans first arrived in the continent. Incredible sighting and I called him the fish and game and they immediately sent me to a website to look at all the bobcat pictures. Some argue that it's a leap of faith. She is renowned for tracking.
NH Wildlife News and Info | NH Wildlife Are there mountain lions in New Hampshire? : r/newhampshire - reddit If you believe you have seen a mountain lion and want to report it to NH Fish and Game, please contact the Wildlife Division at (603) 271-2461 or wildlife@wildlife.nh.gov to request an observation report form. Peter Biello: Sam I wanted to ask you a little bit about that first and then turn to Patrick Tate efficient game. Give today. The most common areas to see mountain lions in Arizona are in places of rocky and mountainous terrain. I noticed it had a really big sweeping tail that kind of curled up behind it and all but still at that point because everyone says there's no mountain lions here. And I just said I saw I saw they from behind the shoulder all the way past the long tail. Pat ruse and he was sampling doing DNA samples from cats in the Upper Peninsula of Michigan. There are corollaries in other states. Patrick Tate: So I just got to throw a little interesting side note in this. Yes and you want to share what you learned. I would say that there's going to be the truth in here somewhere. I live pretty much on the town line of Greenfield just a couple of miles down in the Greenfield.
History of Mountain Lions in New Hampshire | NH Wildlife And listeners this has been a lively conversation we're sorry we didn't get to all the the e-mailed comments and the phone calls your stories are appreciated even if we didn't get a chance to hear them today.
Mountain Lions in NH - Facebook Absolutely there are a lot of folks out there who for some reason need to create something that raises a stir and gets the attention of the media etc.. The Lions of New Hampshire: MD44 Links. Peter Biello: Let's go to Mike in Epping.
Ask Sam: Why Won't New Hampshire Admit There Are Mountain Lions Here These were normal everyday folks. Peter Biello: Yeah some of what she was saying sounds like it would require getting pretty close or at least having a nice zoom lens right Sam like. Give today. Caller: Oh yeah. The brother and sister big cats have lived . As I tried to get a picture of it so there was it was definitely we looked up all the pictures and it was definitely not a bobcat or anything else being it looked just like a mountain lion. And I have to use that word allegedly because there is so much dispute about what people see and what they actually see. But are there mountain lions living in New Hampshire? I've had a number of people call up and say I found a scout in the woods and I want it DNA identified. There's always been physical evidence to prove those situations like hair or fur scat hair prints pictures of the animal print scat hair. Tate said that while a mountain lion sighting in New Hampshire isn't likely, it's not impossible. And because you know things flow downhill and I was pushed to go investigate it more and met with the individual two or three times and there was a bunch of inconsistencies about the photograph. Thanks for calling. As far as I could tell there was a positive DNA sequence coming from the scat sample Patrick. To date, the Department has not received any verifiable evidence (photographic or DNA)of mountain lions existing in New Hampshire. Peter Biello: There have been several alleged sightings of mountain lions in New Hampshire recently. I think that you probably are. 1 800 8 9 2 6 4 7 7. The number 1 800 8 9 2 6 4 7 7 so promised a discussion about conspiracy theories. And that the Florida panther was more closely related to the eastern outline than the western mountain lion was. For starters, part of the confusion might come from the fact that the eastern cougar was taken off the endangered species list earlier this year. Chartered 1973; Member of District 44-H; . I didn't see him online. Using DNA and physical evidence, state environmental officials said they determined that the animal. Are there Mountain Lions in NH? So we tossed these terms around but really the term subspecies has been sort of redefined in our lifetimes. Residents from Bedford to Berlin have been reporting sightings for years. Any sense of of whether or not mountain lions are sort of wary of more population dense areas like like the one he was describing Rick. Today, their range stretches from the Yukon Territory in Canada along the western coast of the United States, all the way to the Southern Andes in Chile. They were able to do all that by genetics. The big cat has been extinct at least the eastern mountain lion has been extinct here since the mid 80s hundreds.
While State Denies Mtn Lions are in NH, Numerous Sightings Say John if you're still on the line here I was going to I don't. So one thing I'd point out is we've been talking about situations with no evidence a number of them come in with photographs and yet what they fit what they description of the animal they saw and by the way I got a picture of what I saw. They lived perhaps elsewhere in New England and they were just passing through and happened to have an encounter of some sort. Caller: And the more I thought about it the color of it it was definitely not a bobcat. He writes As a farmer I come across many outdoorsman looking to hunt our property had a conversation with one who believed very strongly that we had mountain lions in New Hampshire. Really appreciate you guys being here as well. Less than a year later I found a scat on the swamp range and I was working at the time with a fellow at the Michigan wildlife habitat Federation. How far were you from this cat. There are mountain lion in Massachusetts. Peter Biello: This is the exchange on an HP yard today we're talking about the mysterious elusive majestic Mystic Mountain Lion. I'm Peter Biello. As wildlife biologists, wed be fascinated to say 'look look what was found in our state.'. What kind of animal is that. The way that we define species has undergone a revolution with the advent of DNA testing. Reviewing the evidence, the U.S. This is where things start breaking down when you so I get pictures with this great description and one of my favorite stories is a great description what the witness and then so I called the witness and wanted information from them and the person says What are you talking about. I looked at the picture and asked me what do you see in the picture and I wrote back. We're not in the woods.
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