![]() ![]() In today’s announcement the Fish and Wildlife Service acknowledged there are large, intact areas of habitat with suitable prey and little human disturbance that could support puma populations. “Cougars would curb deer overpopulation and tick-borne diseases that threaten human health.” “We need large carnivores like cougars to keep the wild food web healthy, so we hope eastern and midwestern states will reintroduce them,” said Michael Robinson, a conservation advocate at the Center for Biological Diversity. Western pumas disperse widely and have shown up as far east as Connecticut. The last one was killed in Maine in 1938. Eastern pumas, also known as mountain lions, were killed off throughout the 1700s and 1800s. ![]() Today’s final removal of the eastern puma from the endangered list clears the way for states like New York to reintroduce cougars from the widespread and abundant western population. This distinct population of cougars once lived from Quebec to South Carolina and from Manitoba to Illinois. Fish and Wildlife Service today confirmed the eastern puma is extinct and removed it from the federal endangered species list. ![]() Michael Robinson, (575) 313-7017, Puma Officially Declared Extinct, Taken Off Endangered Species ListĬonservationists Urge States Like New York to Consider Reintroductions ![]()
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