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- Mountain Lion as a Chicken Predator - BackYard ChickensMountain Lions ( cougars ) can be a problem as a predator for chicken keepers. Even though they are shy and primarily nocturnal cats they are still a problem. They can live in just about any habitat, even cities. They are occasionally active in daylight hours especially if they are hungary.
- Snapshot Wisconsin August 2024" The majority of subadult male cougars disperse away from where they were born in their second year, whereas only about half of females disperse away from their natal range," Johnson said. He elaborated that currently, this lack of dispersed females in Wisconsin is one of the main reasons Wisconsin has yet to re-establish a breeding population.
- Trapping Regulations - Wisconsin DNRWisconsin Department of Natural Resources 101 S. Webster Street PO Box 7921 Madison, WI 53707-7921
- DNR Confirms Cougar Killed In Buffalo CountyCougars are a native species to Wisconsin but were extirpated from the state in the early 1900s. The DNR has not confirmed evidence of a breeding population of cougars. In the last 20 years, observations of cougars have been increasing but are still rare, with an average of 15-20 reports verified by the DNR annually.
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