Mountain Lion Killed By Vehicle in Northern Illinois
Tuesday, 18 October 2022
According to the Illinois Department of Natural Resources, a mountain lion was hit and killed by a vehicle on Interstate 88 in DeKalb County on Sunday.
Following the incident, the animal was taken to the University of Illinois for a full necropsy and DNA analysis to provide more information on it's movements across the Midwest, said IDNR.
Experts believe this may be the same mountain lion that was captured on a trail camera on private property in Whiteside County in late September, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture.
It is rare for a mountain lion to pose a threat to people or property and cannot be hunted, killed, or harrassed unless they pose an imminent threat, said the Illinois Department of Natural Resources.
The public can report large carnivore sightings at the following link: www.wildlifeillinois.org/sightings/report/
