Blog Post 3 Cougars in Wisconsin

There as recently been an animal that has been causing a lot of issues in the state of Wisconsin in the past few years. People all over the state have been seeing this animal and that it has killed many of their animals and pets. The DNR has denied these many of the sightings of these animals and very little evidence has been found to prove that they are in the area. I’m talking about Cougars, other wise known as mountain lions.
Many people have been seeing these so called mountain lions all over the state. The most recent story that I have heard is from the people in Crawford County. The DNR made a statement saying they never released any cougars in Crawford county but what about the other counties in Wisconsin? Have they been doing this throughout the whole state? I have heard personally from a DNR official that they release 2 cougars in Crawford County. I heard from many people that they brought wolves in to Wisconsin to thin down the deer population because car insurance companies are tired of paying for car accidents due to deer. I feel that the wolves weren’t killing enough deer that the DNR wanted so they went and brought cougars in to take care of the over population of deer. I feel it was a smart idea, but wrong in so many ways. They never informed the local people of releasing cougars so then many of the local’s pets and animals got killed. I think the DNR didn’t want to tell the people they were releasing the cougars so that way there wasn’t a big issue over it. I really do think there are cougars around, but I also feel that there are other animals that people mistake as cougars such as, fisher, bobcat, lynx, and even cats. I just hope that the DNR realized that they shouldn’t lie to the people in Wisconsin and tell the truth. I really don’t think they should try and tell people they are trying to keep the deer population up when really they are trying to lower it.