Mountain Lion?
I know Elmira isn't the Adirondacks; and I know that this subject is a hotly debated one; I just thought some people may be interested in reading the article...
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A "big cat" confronted a man and his dog in Niagara County last night. It was also spoted by a sheriif's deputy. Prints were found confirming its size. DEC believes it is a wild cat of some sort that was being kept and escaped.
That could end being the explaination for the Elmira incidents. there are apparently a lot of siegfried and roy wannabes out there. -
I live just over the border in PA. Are you from Elmira or Binghamton?
What the DEC won't admit to is that they actually released cougars, mountain lions years ago to cut back on the deer population. I have a friend that is an officer and he has confirmed this, although they will always deny the situation in progress
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That's the "stock" answer. Unless they capture it and can prove that it is/was domesticated, there is no proof to support that statement.
A few years ago in Ohio, there were reports of a cougar sighting. The wildlife people claimed that it "was impossible" and made no efforts to confirm it. A while later a Cougar was killed by a truck on the Interstate. Wildlife then stated that "It must have been a domesticated one that had been released or gotten away"
If they acknowledge the existance, then they have to create programs to study and protect them so it's much easier to deny they are around.
Several years ago I saw a Mountain Lion right at the edge of my property. It was gone before I could get a picture of it, but it did leave a good print. A call to the DEC in Raybrook elicited no investigation or follow up of any kind. Nor were they interested in a photo of the print.
The incident is posted somewhere on the forum from a few years ago. A description of the cat as well as a photo of the track to one of the mountain lion associations verified that it "was probably a cougar".
But there are a lot more officials who do not want to have to expend the funds nor the manpower required to study and regulate for the cat's if they exist in the wild.
Hawk"If future generations are to remember us with gratitude rather than contempt, we must leave them more than the miracles of technology. We must leave them a glimpse of the world as it was in the beginning, not just after we got through with it." Lyndon B. JohnsonComment
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