Officials said this is the first time cougar cubs have been verified since the big cats were hunted out of existence in Michigan in the early 1900s. Skip to Article. Set weather.

For the first time in 100 years, cougar cubs have been discovered living in the wild in Michigan. The cubs, estimated to be 7 to 9 weeks old, were found in Ontonagon County in the Upper Peninsula.

Cougar cubs were spotted in the wild in Michigan on March 6. It's the first documented and confirmed sighting of cougar cubs since they were hunted out of existence in the early 1900s.

Cougar cubs are highly dependent on their mothers and generally stay with them for the first two years of life, Roell said. “Those young cougars are very vulnerable right now,” Roell said.

Cougar cubs are highly dependent on their mothers, often staying with them for the first two years of life, according to the Michigan DNR. Cougars are native to the Upper Midwest but were ...

The Michigan DNR confirmed the first cougar cub sightings in Michigan in more than 100 years this week. Brian Roell, a large carnivore specialist for the DNR, led the team that verified the cubs.

The cougar cubs were so small, they couldn’t get over the snow banks. Photo courtesy of Michigan DNR. Today, sightings of the big cats are infrequent, although they have increased in recent years. The ...

For the first time in 100 years, cougar cubs have been discovered living in the wild in Michigan, state biologists said. The 7- to 9-week-old cubs were discovered on private land in Ontonagon ...

Two cougar cubs were recently spotted in the Upper Peninsula, marking the first time the species’ youngsters have been discovered in the state in more than 100 years, ...

For the first time in a century, cougar cubs have been seen and confirmed in Michigan. The big cats were hunted out of existence in the Upper Peninsula in the early 1900s.

For the first time in 100 years, cougar cubs have been discovered living in the wild in Michigan. The cubs, estimated to be 7 to 9 weeks old, were found in Ontonagon County in the Upper Peninsula.

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