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Eastern Cougar Is Extinct

WFAE | By Mark Rumsey
Published March 2, 2011 at 12:00 PM EST
Cougar
Cougar

http://66.225.205.104/MR20110302.mp3

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has concluded that the eastern cougar is extinct. It had been listed as an endangered species since 1973. WFAE's Mark Rumsey speaks to Mark McCollough, the Service's lead scientist for the eastern cougar.

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