COUGAR CONFIRMED IN SOUTHEASTERN SOUTH DAKOTA

Cougar Network News, 9/22/07

Arden Petersen, regional wildlife manager for the state Game, Fish & Parks Department in Sioux Falls, said Friday there was a confirmed lion sighting about five miles north of Hartford, in Minnehana County.  Minnehana County is adjacent to Rock County, Minnesota and Lyon County, Iowa. Dogs brought in from the Black Hills to find a mountain lion that killed two goats were unable to track the big cat.  Lions make occasional appearances in Minnehaha County and tend to follow rivers and streams, Petersen said. For more information go to http://www.rapidcityjournal.com/articles/2007/09/22/news/top/doc46f554ae859c2994401502.txt
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