Well, the DEP ran their tests and they can no longer use the excuse that the mountain lion killed June 11th in Milford was an escaped house pet. No, instead they are saying that this lion took a long walk from South Dakota to CT. In other words, they are once again saying that this was a freak, one of a kind incident.
Over the years the DEP has treated the citizens of CT as dolts, who are incapable of distinguishing a mountain lion from a coyote. There have been so many sightings that everyone knows that CT has a substantial mountain lion population. But even if they didn't, many people who called in sighting may very well have seen this mountain lion wandering through the state. At least to those people the DEP should apologize. They seem to forget that they work for us, and the citizens of CT are not here simply to write out their paycheck.
By the way, I was listening to 'State and Church' with Governor Roland and an older woman called the show who said that she and a friend clearly saw a mountain lion recently, which included a long tail. Boy, that one cat sure gets around!
"Esty: 'The journey of this mountain lion is a testament to the wonders of nature and the tenacity and adaptability of this species'...". To that, I can only respond, another political smokescreen and pure unadulterated BS!
Here are recent link to the story:
http://www.courant.com/news/breaking/hc-mountain-lion-dna-20110726,0,3798831.story
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