ONTONAGON COUNTY, MI – Michigan wildlife biologists confirmed a pair of endangered cougar cubs were spotted and photographed last week in the far reaches of the western Upper Peninsula.

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Cougars were hunted out of existence in Michigan in the early 1900s, said Brian Roell, a large carnivore specialist for the Department of Natural Resources who led the team the identified the cubs.

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Cougars were hunted to extinction in Michigan in the early 1900s. The last time a wild cougar was legally hunted in the state was in 1906, according to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources .

For the first time in 100 years, cougar cubs have been discovered living in the wild in Michigan. The cubs, estimated to be 7 to 9 weeks old, were found in Ontonagon County in the Upper Peninsula.

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The spotted cubs, believed to be 7 to 9 weeks old, were verified from photographic evidence of the cubs taken March 6 by a resident in Ontonagon County in the western Upper Peninsula.