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Mountain lion or bobcat? Durham woman’s pic has many wondering[CT]
The Middletown Press ^ | 10 Mar 2014 | Cassandra Day

Posted on 03/12/2014 12:18:43 PM PDT by Theoria

A woman’s photograph of a big cat roaming the snowy woods near her mother’s home in a sleepy central Connecticut town has some convinced it’s a mountain lion — despite environmental officials’ assertion that cougars are extinct in the state.

Caitlin Handley posted the photograph on Durham-Middlefield Patch on March 6 under her mother Linda’s name, warning residents to keep their pets inside, and soon received a dozen comments from folks who surmised it was a bobcat.

“It was approximately 10 in the morning when I saw it,” Handley says. “I believe the animal was actually bigger than the picture shows. We have two fully grown Labrador retrievers and it was definitely bigger than they are. The dogs were barking like crazy when they first spotted it and I was shocked at first to see such a large strange animal in my backyard.

“I was also confused to exactly what it was. I immediately took a picture with my iPhone and ran to get my camera with a better zoom but by the time I made it back downstairs, the animal was running away.”

As it ran away, Handley says, she saw it was “very muscular” and although her iPhone photo doesn’t show it, the cat had a long tail.

She immediately went online to look at photographs of mountain lions to corroborate her gut feeling, Handley says.

“It definitely looked like the mountain lion pictures and not a bobcat or something similar.”

The day after Handley posted her photo on Patch, state Rep. Matthew Lesser, who used to represent Durham, Middlefield and Rockfall before redistricting, shared the post on his Facebook page asking wildlife experts what they thought.


(Excerpt) Read more at middletownpress.com ...


TOPICS: Outdoors; Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: bobcat; connecticut; feline; mountainlion; wildlife
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To: Theoria

Poor kitty.


41 posted on 03/12/2014 2:28:30 PM PDT by steerpike100
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To: Delta Dawn

Freepers shouldn’t spend so much time trying to distinguish one pussy from another. They all work for the government, anyway.


42 posted on 03/12/2014 2:29:55 PM PDT by LachlanMinnesota
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To: Theoria
Here's a picture of a VERY large bobcat from a game camera in South Georgia. They can get quite large and look like a cougar in many ways...


43 posted on 03/12/2014 2:49:13 PM PDT by Alas Babylon!
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To: Alas Babylon!

This is a Mountain Bob.
A couple of cats made out at night and did not realize who the other was...


44 posted on 03/12/2014 3:26:20 PM PDT by minnesota_bound
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To: peeps36

It could be a Canada lynx.


45 posted on 03/12/2014 4:27:19 PM PDT by ZirconEncrustedTweezers (I'm not anti-government, government's anti-me.)
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To: Theoria
The DEEP has told us serfs multiple times....*we DO NOT HAVE LIONS IN CONNECTICUT*

My friend called the DEEP to report a big cat in her yard on Avon mountain....they said couldn't be.

The thing had a radio collar on....and had to be in *someone's* database.

The CT DEEP has repeatedly lied. For years and years they denied the existence of Fisher Cats in the state. Turns out they *introduced* them in CT in a trade with Maine for our wild turkeys.

46 posted on 03/12/2014 4:38:06 PM PDT by Daffynition ("If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." ~ Henry Ford)
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To: Theoria

I don’t know, but quick....send Melissa Bachmann there pronto so she can blast the creature away with her high powered hunting rifle then proudly pose with it!!! it’s a living creature...a cat....you can’t have any of them around..


47 posted on 03/12/2014 4:40:16 PM PDT by pallmallman (Q)
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To: Theoria

Hey Caitlin, let us know when that *non-existent* cat takes the face off of skier , up the road, at Powder Ridge.


48 posted on 03/12/2014 4:40:34 PM PDT by Daffynition ("If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." ~ Henry Ford)
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To: minnesota_bound
These night time rave parties are ridiculous .....can't they use protection like the rest of us?


49 posted on 03/12/2014 4:44:13 PM PDT by Daffynition ("If you think you can do a thing or think you can't do a thing, you're right." ~ Henry Ford)
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To: elhombrelibre

Really? I’ve not seen many of those without a tail. I have seen bobcats between 2.5 and 3.5 feet in length and based on the trees around there that’s it’s approximate dimension.


50 posted on 03/12/2014 4:45:12 PM PDT by Axenolith (Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum

Yea, could be a skinny lynx too.


51 posted on 03/12/2014 4:47:21 PM PDT by Axenolith (Government blows, and that which governs least, blows least...)
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To: Theoria

Bobcat and a big one. No tail.


52 posted on 03/12/2014 4:57:12 PM PDT by Mike Darancette (Do The Math)
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To: Axenolith

Yes Bobcat or Lynx.


53 posted on 03/12/2014 5:18:03 PM PDT by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose o f a pistol is to fight your way back to the rifle you should never have dropped.)
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To: Sparticus

gee that sure doesnt look like the queen of cougars..Mrs Hillary CLinton.


54 posted on 03/12/2014 6:39:34 PM PDT by MeshugeMikey (Jesus came to Save not Entertain / Ground John Kerry Now!)
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To: Axenolith

She said it had a long tail, not a bobcat.


55 posted on 03/12/2014 6:50:18 PM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: shankbear

Can you please find me a long tailed bobcat?


56 posted on 03/12/2014 6:51:10 PM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: Bloody Sam Roberts

negative.


57 posted on 03/12/2014 6:54:05 PM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: biff

Read the article.


58 posted on 03/12/2014 6:54:50 PM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: peeps36

*facepalm* read the article.


59 posted on 03/12/2014 6:55:13 PM PDT by Bulwyf
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To: SatinDoll; All

read the article.


60 posted on 03/12/2014 6:55:55 PM PDT by Bulwyf
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