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<blockquote data-quote="TheLBLman" data-source="post: 4157356" data-attributes="member: 1409"><p>I don't think one would, assuming he <u>migrated</u> here <u>of his own accord</u> and had grown up truly "wild".</p><p></p><p>A wild origin cat (migrating in from the Dakotas) would be expected to gravitate to those areas least populated by people.</p><p>On the other hand, a released "captive" might have no such concerns about people being around.</p><p>Maybe a transplanted wild-origin kitten (brought to TN via truck) might not have so much concern about people either?</p><p></p><p>Should that particular picture turn out to be authentic, it may "document" a cougar near Kodak, TN but it doesn't document origin, nor does it document whether it naturally migrated or was hauled here in a truck. If we're somehow able to get some DNA on an East TN cat showing wild origin, it will just add to my suspicions that some organization is trucking them in (the same way wild pigs were trucked into West TN).</p><p></p><p>If some group were trucking in young wild-origin cougars from the Dakotas to Tennessee,</p><p>wouldn't that be a violation of the Lacey Act?</p><p></p><p>Could a federal agency being doing this with a wink and a nod from the appropriate authorities?</p><p></p><p>There just seems to suddenly be too many cougars being documented all over Tennessee, and these cats are not exactly behaving as would be expected from a natural migration.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="TheLBLman, post: 4157356, member: 1409"] I don't think one would, assuming he [u]migrated[/u] here [u]of his own accord[/u] and had grown up truly "wild". A wild origin cat (migrating in from the Dakotas) would be expected to gravitate to those areas least populated by people. On the other hand, a released "captive" might have no such concerns about people being around. Maybe a transplanted wild-origin kitten (brought to TN via truck) might not have so much concern about people either? Should that particular picture turn out to be authentic, it may "document" a cougar near Kodak, TN but it doesn't document origin, nor does it document whether it naturally migrated or was hauled here in a truck. If we're somehow able to get some DNA on an East TN cat showing wild origin, it will just add to my suspicions that some organization is trucking them in (the same way wild pigs were trucked into West TN). If some group were trucking in young wild-origin cougars from the Dakotas to Tennessee, wouldn't that be a violation of the Lacey Act? Could a federal agency being doing this with a wink and a nod from the appropriate authorities? There just seems to suddenly be too many cougars being documented all over Tennessee, and these cats are not exactly behaving as would be expected from a natural migration. [/QUOTE]
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