Posted: 01.26.2011

The Department of Natural Resources' board
is set to approve public hearings on a rule that would allow
landowners to kill problem cougars.

Cougars are a protected species in Wisconsin. No one can shoot
or trap one without first getting permission from the DNR.

The closest known cougar population to Wisconsin is in South
Dakota, but the Wisconsin DNR has confirmed the presence of four
cougars in the state over the last three years.

Under the rule, landowners, their family members and their
employees would be allowed to shoot cougars in the act of attacking
a domestic animal without advance permission.

The board is expected to vote on authorizing hearings on the
rule at a meeting Wednesday in Madison.

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