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Originally posted by rADK View Post"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. Johnson
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Originally posted by yellowcanoe View PostIs the sighting confirmed to be a mountain lion... ? there are occasional sightings here but no breeding population.. Some people with lots of money have exotic pets and let them go when they become unmanageable.
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I pulled up Philipstown on my topo map software and there seems quite a bit of land, ponds, and lakes in the area. There also seems to be several corridors north that a mountain lion could take and stay undetected.
rADK ---- What is the purpose of that picture? You do know there has already been a confirmed sighting of a mountain lion in NYS in 2010, right?
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NYS is in such denial that they are here......I grew up in a small town in southern Chenango county. I can confirm two instances of mountain lions back there. First was when something over several nights had been scaring the cows through SEVERAL fence lines. We then noticed a huge footprint in the mud. We mixed up some plaster.....took a mold.....then sent one of them in to the DEC to see what it was. It was confirmed to be a mountain lion and based on its footprint would be over 6 foot tall on hind legs. They then asked us where we got it and pretty much called us liars and stated there is no mountain lions in the state. Now fast forward a few years and some friends of mine....avid trappers......checking traps for potential coyotes.....came across a small youth moutnain lion in the trap. They were able to put the animal to sleep with tranquilizer and managed to slap on some drawing save and bandages before taking pictures of the animal. Some time later it managed to take off an presumably make a full recovery. Now funny part of this one was when they sent a copy of the photo to the DEC.....once again they called them liars and stated that the photo was not taken in NY. This is two cases less than 10 miles apart, and i still to this day dont know why they denied our clames......
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Originally posted by wiiawiwb View PostrADK ---- What is the purpose of that picture? You do know there has already been a confirmed sighting of a mountain lion in NYS in 2010, right?
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