![]() ![]() "It weighed about 80 pounds, but it was all skin and bones. "It was in really bad shape when I skinned it. The animal had long claws and good teeth, but was emaciated and had muscle atrophy, he said. He said the back half of it had more decomposition. "I'm hoping to be able to do some kind of a mount here … it's been dead for a bit." Likely died of natural causesĬavicchiolo said the front half of the cougar that had been frozen in the snow seemed to be well preserved. ![]() "It definitely is a cougar, full grown male cougar, " he said. ![]() She said they also talked to taxidermist Dan Cavicchiolo and decided to bring the cat to Boreal Tales Taxidermy on Hwy 61, south west of Thunder Bay.Ĭavicchiolo confirmed to the CBC that the animal brought in was indeed a mountain lion. Weist said they knew they had to contact the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources and Forestry (OMNRF) about their find. Knowing it was an extremely rare find, the group loaded the dead cougar onto the vehicle and brought it into Thunder Bay. We just figured it was a deer, based on the colour," she said. "Honestly, we had driven by this spot before and had seen something laying there. Weist said they were shocked to see the huge cat. They could see it was indeed a cougar, partially frozen into a snowbank, she said. Weist said the group then parked their jeep to have a look. They asked the people in the van if they were OK, and they answered, "yes, but we are just looking at the mountain lion." On Saturday Mandi Weist, her boyfriend, and some buddies were exploring a sand pit area near the Boreal Road when they came upon a van that was pulled over. A startling discovery made this weekend north west of Thunder Bay may have answered a decades-old question about whether cougars prowl northwestern Ontario. ![]()
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