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DNA Trail Maps Cougar’s Dead-End Journey Across South Dakota, Minnesota, Wisconsin & Connecticut

7:05 pm in animals rights, Business & Politics, connecticut, minnesota, usa, wisconsin by TreeHugger

Hyundai Tucson photo Crash-Tested 2010 Hyundai Tucson GLS IIHS Image credit:Wikipedia DNA testing of cougar crap left along a 1,055-mile trail has established that a young male Puma walked all the way from South Dakota to New England in search of a mate. The poor cat's epic journey (9 lives for 9 states?) ended when he was run over by a car in Milford Connecticut. The impetus for his journey, it is reported, most likely was his mom driving him out of her territory in the Black Hills of Sout...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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Mountain Lion Walked 1,800 Miles Before Being Hit by Car

5:14 pm in animals, connecticut, Travel & Nature by TreeHugger

mountain-lion-walking.jpg Photo: Lil Rose / cc Last month, a mountain lion was struck and killed by a car in Connecticut -- and new details have emerged suggesting the animal had an incredible, record-breaking journey before it met that sad end. Following the accident, scientists puzzled over how the lion came to be there -- after all, the species hadn't been seen in the state for over a century. Scientists sampled the animal's DN...Read the full story on TreeHugger

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