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	Podcast:		Local Features by WXPR
	Episode:		We Used to Have More Cougars in WI
	Category:		Government & Organizations
	Duration:		00:04:35
	Publish Date:		2018-12-10 06:00:00
	Description:		Cougar sightings here in the Northwoods are never met with enthusiasm. There was a time, however, when Wisconsin had a well-documented cougar population. In this week’s episode of Wildlife Matters , the Masked Biologist examines the Wisconsin Puma. When my kids were younger, my wife would read a chapter from a book to them at bedtime to help them settle in and get ready to go to sleep. One of the books she chose was Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder. While Wilder is commonly thought of as a Minnesota native, she was actually born in Wisconsin, and spent several years of her childhood here. This book details their lives in the forested area east of Pepin, Wisconsin, near the Mississippi River. One night, my wife came downstairs and asked if Wisconsin ever had panthers. She had just read a passage from the book where a horse was attacked by a panther, and it sounded like quite a story. Those familiar with Wilder’s writings know that she wrote her books later in life,
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