MICHIGAN CITIZENS for COUGAR RECOGNITION
KENT County Sightings



1972Woods East of Cedar Springs
1988M-57
06/19/99Rockford Courtland Drive, Running after deer
2002Byron Center
2002Byron Center, Kent Trails
2002B/w Ivanreset and Wilson
02/28/03Algoma and 22 Mile Road
04/04/03Intersection of 4 Mile and Fruit Ridge Roads
05/04/03Intersection of 4 Mile and Fruit Ridge Roads
06/12/03Kroft Orchards on 4 mile b/w Lincoln Lake and ByrneBLACK
06/04Two miles NE of Ada
06/19/043 Mile Road b/w Egypt Valley and Honey Creek, Ada near State game area
07/09/04Off Wolverine Drive on Courtland Drive S of Rockford, Seen for 5 years and has numerous carcass deer kills
09/16/04Pine Island near Pine Bay Drive
09/26/04Walker
02/20/051/4 mile S of Northland Drive/M-57, Photo of Cat
03/27/05Backayrd
03/28/05Wilson Avenue/Fennessey, Previously saw black bear and cubs in area twice
07/09/05Trailer Park
07/29/05Across from houseBLACK
10/10/05Breton Avenue, S of Burton to Saginaw Drive to Village Drive Apartment Complex
12/24/05Suburban neighborhood just outside Grand Rapids City limits, Attacked house cat, Track photos
2006 Byron Center
03/04/06Patterson Avenue 1/4 mile S of 76th Street SW of Grand Rapids
05/20/06Backyard, Saw three times, Killed a rabbit
Summer, 2006North of Grand Rapids between Sparta and Ravenna
07/03/06Cedar Springs b/w 20th and 21st
07/12/06NE of Sparta and Stauffer Road on Camp Lake, W of Lymburner, S of Hull, No of Broman
07/16/06Lowell
07/22/06 ½ mile N of M-21 and 1/4 mile W of Cumberland in Eastgate Subdivision, Miniature horse attacked in area
07/27/06T07NR11W
08/02/063 miles N of 96 on Alden Nas, Ate chickens
03/01/071321 Millwood, Belmont in backyard; Observed by Sean N.PAIR
Early 05/07Grandville; Crossing road around midnight
07/01/07Cedar Springs; Bailey Road about 1 mile before town on Coral - Crossed in front of car
10/05/07Crossing M-5 approximately at Mile Marker 13
04/18/08Leonard Street dead ends just east of Forest hills Northern High School in field. Chsing prey - possibly rabbits - Jumping up and down and moving around quickly in the field for about 5 minutes and then disappeared into the woods. Second time observed in this area
06/17/08Nelson Township. Crouched down drinking water out of a pond
UnknownBailey Street
UnknownBelmont
UnknownCaledonia ½ mile from Elementary
UnknownI-96 West of Walker Avenue, Observed by Dean B.
UnknownOutside Lowell in Keene Township
Unknown44th Street


Using information compiled by the North Dakota Game and Fish Department, it was determined that approximately 50% of anecdotal reports (as listed below), can be classified as probable or verified.
Reports by the public, when carefully screened for reliability, and used in conjunction with other information and evidence, can aid in assessing population status.
Thank you to the Michigan Wildlife Conservancy, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, Retired DNR Forester Mike Zuidema, and the media for this valuable research information.




DENISE N. MASSEY