Mountain Lion, Cougar, or Puma
Health Issues Which May Affect This Animal
What Causes This Disease?
Trichinosis is a disease caused by a nematode parasite, Trichinella spiralis.Where Is The Disease Found?
Trichinosis occurs throughout North American and can be found in grizzly bears, polar bears, black bears, feral swine, mountain lions, wolverines, wolves, coyotes, and foxes. Trichinosis has been documented in black bears and mountain lions in Idaho. Trichinosis has been documented in humans associated with consuming home-made jerky made from a cougar and a black bear in Idaho.Signs of Disease
Animals infected with trichinosis generally appear healthy. Trichinosis is hard to detect when butchering because there are few lesions and the cysts are very small. The cysts are most common in the muscles of the jaw, tongue, and diaphragm. Animals that are infected with adult worms may have swollen intestines with small bruises on the intestinal wall. Affected muscles and associated lymph nodes may be soft and swollen.Read More About Trichinosis
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More Mountain Lion Sightings Reported in Pocatello
More Mountain Lion Sightings Reported in Pocatello
Idaho Department of Fish and Game responded to two reports of mountain lion sightings in the vicinity of Red Hill Trail behind Mountain View Cemetery in Pocatello over the weekend. IDFG worked with officials from both Idaho State University Public Safety and personnel from the City of Pocatello to investigate the reports. At this time, the sightings have not been confirmed.
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Mountain lion found in Pocatello tranquilized and relocated
On the morning of Friday, May 11, Fish and Game personnel tranquilized and removed an adult male mountain lion near the campus of Idaho State University in Pocatello. It was transported and released to a remote location in southeast Idaho the same day.
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Mountain lion management includes close encounters with cats
Idaho Fish and Game conservation officers recently recorded a video when they released a lion from a trap in the Clearwater Region.
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Mountain Lion Killed near Bruneau Elementary School
A mountain lion that spent a portion of the morning in a tree on the Bruneau Elementary School grounds was later shot and killed.
The cat was spotted about 8:00am and school authorities immediately locked the school down and contacted the Fish and Game Office in Nampa. “We did not have a conservation officer immediately available to respond,” Fish and Game wildlife manager Rick Ward noted. “We made a call to the Owyhee County Sheriff’s Office and requested that Sheriff’s office personnel dispatch the cat as a matter of public safety.”
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Mountain lions in Wood River Valley
SUN VALLEY- This winter has been an interesting one for the Wood River Valley. After last year’s record snowfall, this year has nearly been the opposite, with very little snow.
Fewer elk and mule deer are calling the river bottoms home due to the open hillsides, but many of the mountain lions that prey on them are still trying to carve out a living where they were finding abundant deer and elk populations last winter.
Idaho Department of Fish and Game recently lethally removed two lions, one from the Freidman Memorial Airport and one from the Gimlet subdivision.
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Female mountain lion harvest season closed in Unit 36B near Challis
Mountain lion hunters should note that the harvest season for female mountain lion has closed in game management unit 36B near Challis, as the harvest quota of two females was reached on Tuesday, January 23, 2018.
Hunters will be allowed to keep female mountain lions taken prior to this closure and must report them within five days of harvest. The harvest season in this unit remains open for males only until the season ends March 31, 2018.
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Female mountain lion harvest season closed in Unit 31 near Weiser
Mountain lion hunters should note that the harvest season for female mountain lion has closed in game management Unit 31 near Weiser, as the harvest quota of three females was reached on Wednesday, December 27, 2017.
Hunters will be allowed to keep female mountain lions taken prior to this closure and must report them within five days of harvest. The harvest season in this unit remains open for males only until the season ends March 31, 2018.
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Wildlife CSI - Panhandle elk mortality study
The Panhandle region placed 172 GPS radio-collars on 6-month old elk calves in the Coeur d’Alene and St. Joe River drainages since 2015. A couple reasons we collared so many elk was to determine survival rates and for those elk that didn’t make it, find out why they died.
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Cougar in Boise is a reminder we all live near wildlife
Most wildlife encounters, including those with mountain lions, are brief and non threatening, but Fish and Game provides tips for people to help them understand more about these cats, what do if they see one, and how they can avoid attracting mountain lions to their homes and property.