Originally Posted By JimmyTH
. . . but was told not to follow up on it. Officially there's some concern that if the lions were confirmed to be in an area it might put a damper on logging operations, or so she was told, so reports are discouraged. I've seen bobcats and I think it would be very hard to mistake one for a mountain lion.
JimmyTH


Here in Michigan, the DNR has been extremely reluctant to acknowledge the possibility of cougars (we have no real mountains, so they could hardly called mountain lions). Off the record scuttlebut is that it would create a new management issue for the department -- endangered species and all that. . .

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Human Resources Memo: Floggings will continue until morale improves.