Doug Fendry of the Department of Natural Resources took this photo on Jan. 17 in the town of Milton in Rock County of tracks that are suspected to be those of a cougar. If confirmed and if the cougar proves to be wild and not a captive animal that has escaped, this would be the first evidence of a cougar in Wisconsin since the early 1900s.
Cougars, or mountain lions, are pushing eastward. Their population is thriving in the West and this is forcing more competition for territory that pushes some cougars farther east.
The tracks were found about 1 3/4 miles east of the intersection of E. Bowers Lake Road and HWY 26.
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