Comments on: New Maine Mountain Lion Sightings

By: randywilber

randywilber — Wed, 30 May 2012 19:39:15 +0000

There was a mountain lion shot just this past winter in East Madrid Maine near mt Abraham. the guy was rabbit hunting with his beagles when he saw them running towards him with the lion chasing his dogs. he shot it with a shotgun an estimated the lion weighed between 100 and 120lbs. half of Maine’s game wardens and biologists are just plain stupid. they have never seen one so they don’t even know what they are looking at.

By: kittalia

kittalia — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 20:56:13 +0000

I wonder why they won’t admit they’re back?

By: Redrose999

Redrose999 — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 19:04:59 +0000

@Flame821

I feel the same way. Animals don’t know borders, and they adapt to avoid people. So why can’t they drum up some funds to do some real investigations? Politics and budget are likely the culprit. I mean an extinct animal is cheaper than monitoring and maintaining a living species.

By: Kalashnikovnik

Kalashnikovnik — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 13:28:50 +0000

Very interesting, I grew up in Dresden and visit family there often, and have been by those fields many many times, I’m still in the area, in the next town over. I’ll have to keep an extra sharp lookout when I travel on Rt. 27 now.

By: flame821

flame821 — Thu, 30 Jun 2011 03:48:59 +0000

Why, with numerous sighting, does the Parks and Wildlife Department continue to insist these animals no longer exist in the NE? There are far too many sightings, and what about the one that was killed recently?

Escaped pets, really? Exactly how many people keep large cats as pets? There cannot be THAT many. I think they were more than a little premature to declare the Eastern Mountain Lion extinct.