The first sighting verified as a possible cougar by a N.H. fish and game bioligist was made recently in Barnstead Im positive there have been other sightings .It is a long way from the rockies or florida I think that someone or group has released some cats in the northeast 2 many reports,some have to be true I know of a vetinarian who saw one in middle of rd. and have seen a deer that may have been attacked by a cougar in the same area it is heavilforested state lots of good survivable habitat expect more sightings in future in N.H.

Yes, it's a long way from the Rockies or Florida to New Hampshire but a very short distance to Quebec which has acknowledged that cougars are present in that province.

Here's the second article in less than a year about cougar sightings in SE NC: http://www.whiteville.com/articles/2009/10/12/news/doc4acfede9ddad8983235578.txt

There have been reports of cougars in the western suburbs of Chicago: Wheaton, Lisle, Naperville. The reports were backed up with a pawprint taken near a creek bed.

YES,Cougar never left the east. In my opinion 99 percent of cougar were wiped out of the east in the early 1900's, but probably 1 percent survived. And over time that 1 percent has grew and expanded. I have spoke with people in TENNESSEE and in KENTUCKY who say they have seen cougar. The eastern U.S has a lot of habitat and lots of deer, and even elk have been reintroduced to some eastern states.

Cougars are much more prevalent than statistics or the current Cougar Network map would suggest. The big cats have become so common in Nebraska, including here in the eastern part of the state, that most of us don't bother reporting them anymore. The primary reason that we decline to make a report is that some biologist or game warden treats those of us that have been outdoorsmen for decades as if we are idiots. Recognizing a cougar from a coyote, bobcat, lynx or for the love of God, a house cat is about as difficult as recognizing a Cadillac from a Yugo. We don't even bother to turn our trail cam pics in even though a group of us hunt just 60 miles from the Omaha metro. They are beautiful animals and it is fantastic that they are reestablishing former territory.

My friend and I were near our neighborhood park, and we are pretty sure that we spotted A dead Puma/Lynx on the little 'island' in the pond. My fiend's neighbors came with binuculars, and saw. They confirmed it as a female deer. But my friend and I are convinced that is was a Puma/Lynx becuase of the tail. Even though we were not able to get in too close, we are 50 percent sure it was. My friend belives it is a Lynx. I will post another blog soon on more conformations.

I saw a cougar this morning, in Massachusetts; it was heading into the brush just off the side of the road (Route 95S where it joins Route 128S). When I first saw it, I thought it was a deer, then looked closer and knew it was not a deer, nor coyote, nor bobcat, or fisher. As it headed away from me I saw it's very distinctive long tail with a slight upward curve at the end. I found mention of another sighting of a cougar in this area of Massachusetts by someone as recently as fall of 2009.