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  • Call of the cougar long gone from the East

    Ralph Maughan

    A followup article to the one about the Eastern cougar declared extinct- Call of the cougar long gone from the East. Big cats extinct despite reports of sightings, federal officials say. By Brian Nearing. Times Union Staff Writer, OR not The Eastern Cougar: Dead or Alive? By Felicity Barringer. New York Times. Eastern catamount may…

  • Eastern cougar is officially extinct, government says

    Ralph Maughan

    However, turns out there never was such an animal distinct from the Western cougar- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service this week said  the eastern cougar was extinct, and said it should be taken off the endangered species. However, it turns out most think the Eastern cougar was a distinction that made no difference because…

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