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The Minnesota Department of Natural Resources recently confirmed that an animal killed by a motorist south of Bemidji was a young male cougar (see our previous coverage). Since then, the agency has been fielding a barrage of letters and emails claiming that the incident proves a cougar cover-up–that is, that the DNR has purposely tried to keep secret the presence of a breeding population of mountain lions in the state.

From the Morris Sun-Tribune:
“I don’t believe we’ve denied that. . .” [Park Rapids DNR wildlife officer Rob Radasco] said, referring to whether breeding populations of cougars exist in Minnesota. “We just don’t have the proof. . . .”

“What we’ve said is we don’t have any evidence of breeding populations and I don’t think this cougar changed anything,” Radasco said.

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