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A Cougar Might Be Responsible For Animal Attacks
Kalkaska County
September 23, 2002
SOUTH
BOARDMAN - The Michigan Department of Natural Resources believes that
an animal responsible for a number of recent attacks on horses and other
livestock in Kalkaska County may be a cougar. According to DNR wildlife
biologist Tim Webb, the Cadillac DNR office first received complaints
about the animal being in the area in late August. At first, it was
thought that it might be the work of a bear or a large bobcat. Chickens
and ducks have also been disappearing from nearby residences of the
southern Kalkaska County area, Webb said. Depredation permits to destroy
the animal if it attacks any more livestock have been issued to homeowners
in the area, Webb said. The Michigan Wildlife Habitat Foundation also
reported reputed sightings of cougars in the nearby areas of Fife Lake
and Mesick in Wexford and Grand Traverse counties in 2000. Webb tends
to believe that if the animal attacks in South Boardman are the work
of a cougar, it is more than likely an animal kept in captivity that
escaped or was released.
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