Seen a cougar? Found tracks?
Did you find a dead animal with signs of cougar depredation?
Or any other evidence of cougars within Saskatchewan?
Please reach out to me!
Call: 306-713-3639
Email: sk.cougars@usask.ca
Fill out the survey: https://www.surveymonkey.ca/r/SKcougars
Only the observer is allowed to report an encounter.
We will follow-up with additional questions.
Thank you for submitting your report and contributing to research!
This is to keep track of submitted reports and for follow-up purposes.
Visual
Trail camera photos
Sign (tracks, scat, scrapes)
Animals killed or injured exhibiting characteristic signs of cougar predation
Auditory (cougar calls)
Cougar carcass (harvested by a hunter, road kill, or other causes of death)
Other (evidence not fitting within the previous categories)
Date and time of encounter
Location of the encounter
Describe what took place
Site description of the surrounding environment
Number of individuals
Visibility conditions
Behaviour of animal
Description of animal or tracks
Personal photos
Trail cameras
Videos
Tracks
Hair, skin, or scat
Carcass of a cougar
Animal injured or killed exhibiting sighs of cougar predation
Other
Any other comments you would like to add.
THE CONFIRMATION PROCESS
Each report will be provided a credibility scoring based on the level of evidence available to confirm an observation.
Reviewing trail camera photos
Identifying tracks
Killsite-investigations
Collecting a cougar carcass
Sending genetic samples to a lab.
Confirmed
Probable
Unknown
Unlikely
Not a cougar