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Love hearing these stories. The states never denied mountain lions are here, and theyve never admitted mountain lions are here. As far as I could tell there was a positive DNA sequence coming from the scat sample Patrick. Right. 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. Well let's talk a little bit about that. I saw that had this giant the bobcat had this giant sweeping which is John Bobcat don't have big sweeping tails. When the federal Endangered Species Act came along, the Eastern Cougar (Puma concolor cougar), the subspecies of Mountain Lon ti hat orgi inally occurred So Marty can you see what I'm getting at is the public sees different names and thinks that they're different animals but it's all the same animal. About two years ago I was at the Laconia airport on the way home from the airport and there's a big lake on one side called Lily Pond. The last wild mountain lion in New Hampshire may have been killed in the White Mountains in 1885. You could trace that was this same cat from point to point to point. Patrick Tate: Yes. The sub-population in Florida is known as the Florida panther . Let's talk to Mike in Webster. And why would they what. And I just said I saw I saw they from behind the shoulder all the way past the long tail. For instance, Floridas wildlife officials have a similar ghost cat: the black panther. Have a photo. M from Tree Hill author series presenting Diane lay back. Osga's group of volunteers sent hair samples. Mountain Lions are a mythical creature in New Hampshire with strong feelings on both sides of the question: are there Mountain Lions in New Hampshire? Through DNA they approximate area in the United States or North America where I was born. When you talk about a bobcat Bobcat maybe 80 90 pounds and then a mountain lion could be between 130 and 180 pounds. I'll send it to you. John you're on the air. Don't miss your chance to win three two thousand dollar gas gift cards at any station of your choice not to mention the grand prize twenty five thousand dollars toward a new car. Rick van de Poll: Well a report that you know as John Harrigan up north has in co-ops County for about 15 years I kept track of reports and people would call me and tell me where they saw the mountain lion they thought they saw it and it varied right from you know downtown villages all the way to remote highlands of the North Country and and everywhere in between. That's pretty elaborate. So for our scientists to do the lumping and whatnot. Peter Biello: They make great mascots at least. I'm Peter B yellow. They kill big animals. Jun 13, 2011. Thanks very much. Well thanks for sharing. brings a lot of. Caller: Oh hi. Patrick Tate: So Cougar Mountain Lion katama. Mountain lion or cat running across. Rick van de Poll: 80 90. Women control our lives. And those and that's how you can go from a story that Pat says I have nothing to say about that to a story that you know could be the first verified sighting in over 100 years. So. Caller: Yeah. Patrick Tate: So the individuals can say that but for an agency that's based on science and what not to to go off with no evidence and then get into that giant debate and all these other issues and put credibility at risk I don't think that would be a great path to take. For me as a person who's handled many bobcats and looked at many pictures Bobcat the White chin Bobcat right off is what comes out to me and then the black the the roughs on our Bobcats we'll have sometimes have black fringes on them. I can't tell you what you saw but it sounds like a mountain lion. Mountain lion DNA was recovered from a Petersham, Mass., close to the New Hampshire border, after a 2016 incident in which a horse was injured. Really appreciate it. Do you get a lot of these these these things that end up being hoaxes. And just one more note about this danger question when even when you look at the states that have extended populations stable populations of mountain lions attacks are relatively rare. Peter Biello: What about the idea of tourism like us leaving aside the fact that it is not on the Endangered Species Act is it. We're not in the woods. According to the Nebraska Game and Parks report, a homeowner heard growling coming from underneath his porch while working outside. By, March 2023 Fund Drive Rules and Regulations, Persons with disabilities who need assistance accessing NHPR's FCC public files, please contact us at publicfile@nhpr.org. Peter Biello: So if they were female mountain lions here they would be more males just because that's what they're looking for. Your support makes this news available to everyone. From came from out west they tracked it all the way back to the Black Hills in the Dakotas. I would just suggest that in my experience as a reporter covering this covering this issue for a few years at least at what point do we reach a certain critical mass for lack of a better term of accounts where I'm not to suggest that you guys aren't taking this possibility seriously. And as the biologist who's gonna stand on this and if I'm going to say this is a proven picture I need to be able to stand on it so soundly and have the evidence so I going to go through it with a fine tooth comb kept picking pieces apart trying to answer these pieces. In Vermont, it was 1881. I mean it wasn't your idea. 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. Peter Biello: Mm hmm. Rick van de Poll: Well the mountain lion of course has been sort of an enigma in the wildlife suite for years and years. Since then, there have been a handful of confirmed mountain lion sightings in the Northeast, although most have been thought to be escaped captive animals. We mentioned that one cat that was hit by a car where it has it that it was a male looking for me. You don't know what's going on. Patrick Tate: I would say well when social media first started they picked up the hoaxes became much more prevalent in the last four or five years hoaxes have died down completely. Caller: I cannot recall or see the tail in my in my image of it. Its impossible to say, but I think the odds are pretty good that some of these sightings are legit. Now Bobcat is a completely different species. Mountain lions when they show up they leave evidence. And maybe it's a no holds barred nostalgia for a better world a wild or Fuller world not a world that's constrained by our boundaries and our taxes and our highways. Part II. "Of those three to five reports, one. 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. Do we have native species that could have exhibited this type of behavior leaving leaving a deer carcass up in a tree. There was a lot of DNA evidence. Michael Brindley is our program manager our producers our Jessica Hunt and Christina Phillips and our theme music was composed by Bob Lord. We'd love to have you in the queue. Mountain lions live in the state. So so. Author of The last woman in the forest on Saturday July 13th at 7 p.m. at Warner town hall Warner historical dawg. And I I have this great text history of New Hampshire game and fir bears and I think by Helen Silver who used to work for fish and game and she sort of I kind eyes this animal in one of the quotes from 1892 stating that the catamaran was the most ferocious of all the wild beasts of New Hampshire his great size strength and agility of movement together with his formidable weapons rendered him the terror both of man and beast. Caller: Oh yeah. OK. What do you think that. NHPR is nonprofit and independent. The engineers Dan Colgan our senior producer is Allan Grimm. In recent years, number of reported cougar sightings has never dropped below double digits, according to data from New Hampshire's Fish & Game Department from 2010 to present day. I hope she's listening and she had spoke to a lot of different people ended up having a couple of sightings of her alone without sort of by accident. Sam Evans-Brown: What he would have stopped as well I think is way way that the reason that mountain lion kept moving is because he wasn't finding anybody. So one thing I'll add we're talking about natural dispensers but talking with the conservation officer in the 1980s they recall going to a residence telling a person you can live here but your mountain lion can't. Is there something particularly hospitable about New Hampshire Forests that make them want to come here. What's interesting about Bobcats is here in the Northeast we have some very large bobcats. Peter Biello: Well yeah. The American Lion The Saber tooth Tiger and this was the one that survived. My YouTube Channel NH Fish and Game YouTube Channel My Facebook Page My Weekly Live Stream on the NH Wildlife Federation FB Page Home About Eric 2022 NH Nature Notes NH Wildlife NH Wildlife Deer Deer in NH So they're scary. (Credit: Buddy Wilkerson via Storyful) . Yeah I did. Patrick Tate: In theory it's a passing ball of a court and it goes wherever the bottom Ball wants to go. That's too big for Bobcat. They peaked in . Peter Biello: Sam I wanted to ask you a little bit about that first and then turn to Patrick Tate efficient game. We did a short segment about mountain lion sightings earlier this year and and after which I was sent a photo and also a video recording that was mostly just audio because it was so dark the photo just a quick reverse Google image search you can put images online and see where else where else they've been posted revealed that the photo had been taking out taken out in Wyoming and has been used you know hundreds of times to claim and the person who sent it to me said it had been taken New Hampshire. Patrick Tate: While a juvenile not a juvenile I guess if you want nodes to the base of the tail for juvenile that wouldn't be small at all. But if people are still seeing mountain lions, why is the state and federal government seeking to COVER IT UP!? So you want identifiable backgrounds. Which which I think Pat and I have both experienced. You've got you've got biologists right who are trying to make their make their way in the world make a career if you are the biologists who confirmed a sighting of mountain lions in the state that would be very good for you like you would be all over the news. Just. It all used to be based on measurable physical traits color, skull size, paw size, etc but now its based on whether an animal can be shown to be genetically distinct from others. Sean McDonald. There's these animals aren't coming with a map saying oh I want to go here. 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. Well let me ask maybe Pat and Rick about this. It traveled all the way from from you know Minnesota to New York without being so seen Patrick take. And I can recall its information but I can't confirm or verify anything. Peter Biello: We got an e-mail question from Robert in Epsom who asks are sightings or encounters with these big cats less dangerous here where they're passing through than out west where those same mountain lines might be establishing territory Rick. The way that we define species has undergone a revolution with the advent of DNA testing. Peter Biello: Ok. So I want to start the program with a comment from someone who is not in the studio with us today. N.H.'s Fish and Game department says there's no proof mountain lions live in the state, yet residents from Bedford to Berlin have been reporting sightings for years. The western mountain lion lives in a more of a grassland open area now so to blend in with a very lighted situation here in the Northeast we are very shadowy dark situation because of the forest and our cats wear a darker brownish reddish color than what they were and they were also smaller than what the western mountain lion is. It's unfortunate that that kind of thing happens as often as it does. Let's look for other evidence. Gotcha, so the Deep State is suppressing mountain lion news in order to prop up New Hampshire tourism? If it's someone that has an illegal captive animal that is accustomed to humans those leave a lot of evidence because they want to go around humans to find food meaning they're used to being fed by humans. Second when I when they did forward it from Wyoming to to Michigan you know this was coming right from sample 18 and 19 had no remarkable differences from known mountain lions from Michigan or Wyoming. 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. So what a neat experience. I mean there was this one lady I remember and tough tomorrow. Peter Biello: This is the exchange on an HD PR fine Peter Biello and today we're talking with folks who can tell us about the mysterious elusive mountain line and whether or not it is actually here in New Hampshire. New Hampshire Fish and Game Department says there's no proof. Join as a sustainer and support independent local news for your community. A trail of DNA evidence collected over the years shows this particular mountain lion had traveled through New York, Michigan, Wisconsin and Minnesota. So I would put this in the category of sort of like shark attacks right. In fact, Pat Tate concedes that hes been told of sightings from folks that he considers to be very credible, very woods savvypeople who know what a bobcat looks likebut those folks have never snapped a good photo or found a good track. And it was unmistakable. So it's there was no question in my mind. Rick your thoughts. More than 450 Facebook users as of Thursday had shared a photo Marc Weir posted Wednesday showing the big cat and . A lot of times. Your support makes this news available to everyone. Sam Evans-Brown: So I just had two thoughts which is that we hear a lot of these stories and all of us here have heard these stories. Early in the morning. They get a lot of media attention but compared to the the amount of times that a mountain lion could attack a person but doesn't because they don't typically view us as prey. Sam Evans-Brown: So Tim so this cat's been been referenced a couple of times I think we should talk about it specifically lay the whole story out for folks who haven't heard the story because it's actually I think really indicative of a lot of stuff for talking about. But if you were to get Western dispersing mountain lions just would just sort of expanding into New Hampshire. And in fact in 2011 when it was announced that the eastern cougar was officially extinct the reason that announcement was made is because they said really that it never existed. It's listed as population of least concern. Sam Evans-Brown: Well and I think and the last takeaway here is everyone I think probably agrees that any possible sightings that have been seen. Sam Evans-Brown: Pretty well I was going to say it is nice to hear about how to identify the facial markings but probably I'd being a to identify the tracks is probably the more useful useful tool that one can have in their tool box. They are the same thing. Information online ad an age student loans dawg. They just end up in these places. Like why would you want one wildlife. 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.. And so maybe before I go to you recommend I ask you Patrick Tate is the standard too high. 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