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Originally Posted by MolsonExport
^I don't think there are any established populations yet. but transients, yes.
The coyote is now very well (Re) established.
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Coyotes and Coywolves are very established in southern Ontario. Parts of St. Catharines have a terrible time with them.
As for cougars/mountain lions/pumas, they can travel something like 60-80km in a day, so it's not shocking that ones from "out West" or The Dakotas/Plains travel here in the Great Lakes region and points further East.
I've read about confirmed cougar scat at a natural area preserve like 4km from where I currently am sitting. I think that was from 2014.
Also another anecdotal one in the West Lincoln area of Niagara (rural) where a woman claims she almost hit one about 5 years ago as the sun was setting.
When I lived in Alberta I was irrationally afraid about both cougars and grizzly bears when hiking in the mountains
Cougars/mountain lions are probably one of my favourite animals