The Eastern Cougar Is Declared Extinct After Not Being Seen For 80 Years

[rangerrebew]

The Eastern Cougar Is Declared Extinct After Not Being Seen For 80 Years
 
By Josh Davis
24 Jan 2018, 18:02

The eastern cougar is now officially extinct.

The big cat used to roam the forests, mountains, and grasslands in every state east of the Mississippi, but it has not been seen now for the last eight decades (the Florida panther is a distinct population). Although the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) opened up a review into the status of the mountain lion in 2011, it was only in 2015 that federal wildlife biologists finally concluded there is no evidence of a viable population left.

http://www.iflscience.com/plants-and-animals/the-eastern-cougar-declared-extinct-after-not-being-seen-for-80-years/

[driftdiver]

So transplant some from the west into Central Park.

That will solve this problem.

[WingNot]

So transplant some from the west into Central Park.

That will solve this problem.

Or seed the area with MILF's and let come of age.

[driftdiver]

Or seed the area with MILF's and let come of age.

@Wingnut Now i would have expected that from @Frank Cannon

LOL

[WingNot]

@driftdiver
He can't do all the heavy lifting around here!

[Frank Cannon]

Or seed the area with MILF's and let come of age.

LOL. Yes Sir.

[Suppressed]

Although the US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) opened up a review into the status of the mountain lion in 2011, it was only in 2015 that federal wildlife biologists finally concluded there is no evidence of a viable population left.

Actually, the US Fish and Wildlife Service declared it extinct in 2011, via press release of the report:
https://www.fws.gov/northeast/ECougar/newsreleasefinal.html

What's just happened now was an announcement that they are removing it from the endangered species list, effective Feb 22, 2018.  See https://www.fws.gov/northeast/ecougar/index.html

[Joe Wooten]

There have been cougars seen on game cameras in Wisconsin and Illinois several times in the last 5 years. Western kitty cats are colonizing the deer-rich areas east of the Mississippi.

[dfwgator]

Lemme tell ya bout endangered species, awright? Saving endangered species is just one more arrogant attempt by humans to control Nature. It’s arrogant meddling. It’s what got us in trouble in the first place. Doesn’t anybody understand that? Interfering with Nature. Over 90 percent, over, way over 90 percent, of the species that have ever lived on this planet, ever lived, are gone. Wooosh! They’re extinct. We didn’t kill them all. They just disappeared. That’s what nature does. They disappear these days at the rate of 25 a day—and I mean regardless of our behavior. Irrespective of how we act on this planet, 25 species that were here today will be gone tomorrow.

Let them go gracefully. Leave Nature alone. Haven’t we done enough? We’re so self-important, so self-important. Everybody’s gonna save something now. Save the trees, save the bees, save the whales, save those snails. And the greatest arrogance of all, save the planet. What? Are these people kidding me? Save the planet? We don’t even know how to take care of ourselves yet. We haven’t learned to care for one another—we’re gonna save the planet? 

-George Carlin

[Cyber Liberty]

Lemme tell ya bout endangered species, awright? Saving endangered species is just one more arrogant attempt by humans to control Nature. It’s arrogant meddling. It’s what got us in trouble in the first place. Doesn’t anybody understand that? Interfering with Nature. Over 90 percent, over, way over 90 percent, of the species that have ever lived on this planet, ever lived, are gone. Wooosh! They’re extinct. We didn’t kill them all. They just disappeared. That’s what nature does. They disappear these days at the rate of 25 a day—and I mean regardless of our behavior. Irrespective of how we act on this planet, 25 species that were here today will be gone tomorrow.

Let them go gracefully. Leave Nature alone. Haven’t we done enough? We’re so self-important, so self-important. Everybody’s gonna save something now. Save the trees, save the bees, save the whales, save those snails. And the greatest arrogance of all, save the planet. What? Are these people kidding me? Save the planet? We don’t even know how to take care of ourselves yet. We haven’t learned to care for one another—we’re gonna save the planet? 

-George Carlin

"The planet's not going anywhere...WE ARE!"

[WingNot]

"The planet's not going anywhere...WE ARE!"

"The planet is fine. The people are f'ed".

[Cyber Liberty]

"The planet is fine. The people are f'ed".

That was an enjoyable monologue.

[Slip18]

@dfwgator

"We didn’t kill them all. They just disappeared. That’s what nature does. They disappear these days at the rate of 25 a day..."

So why are the oldest most foul creatures still here?  Roaches!  Is it our Maker's little joke?

 

[Fishrrman]

Where did this one come from?
http://www.cnn.com/2011/US/06/11/connecticut.mountain.lion/index.html