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Confirmed cougar sighting

CHIPPEWA COUNTY, Mich. (NEWSCHANNEL 3) - State wildlife officials have confirmed a cougar sighting in the upper peninsula.

 

A trail camera snapped a photo of the large cat in Chippewa County.

 

The DNR also says it found two sets of cougar tracks in that same county.

 

A wildlife biologist says this is the first time a cougar's presence has been confirmed in the eastern U.P. and the fourth confirmed sighting statewide.



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