Originally Posted By: randall729A cougar was witnessed in the Ludington, Michigan city limits not long ago. The DNR listened but will not confirm this. It was very close to the school system and a neighborhood market of which kids and residents walk to frequently. Just wondering how other cities in our States would react to this. Do they wait for an incident occur with a wild animal or follow up as being concerned for the cities residents? Just looking for any comments about this. The story was in The Ludington Daily News paper on August, 06,2015.
Will not confirm the cougar sighting, or will not confirm that they actually listened???
99% of the time, before dispatch can round up the local game warden and get him on-site, the critter is going to be gone anyhow. Most of the calls they receive are simple sightings; the animal is not bothering anyone, it's simply passing through the area. So no... most game departments will not dispatch someone to look at a wild animal passing through the neighborhood. There was one case in Central Florida where a woman called in to report bears in her garage, no one was sent out. She went back out to watch to see if they left... 3 grown cubs did leave the garage, the sow didn't, thinking the coast was clear, she went to close the garage, placing herself between the sow and cubs. She survived, got beat up pretty good, no life threatening injuries, but then the game department sent someone out.