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Although rare, the Cougar sighting in the linked article below (in Lac Du Bonnet) is a reminder that the big cat can be found in our province:  
 
http://www.winnipegfreepress.com/breakingnews/story/4251856p-4895605c.html  
 
There's some debate as to whether Cougars in the province are simply ones travelling from A to B or if they are actual residents. In general their population has been spreading more East as we hear more stories of sightings and killings of the animals in the North Dakota badlands (7 killings so far this year). This map shows where their range is known to be: http://www.cougarnet.org/totalus.html and the image I've added to this discussion shows sightings in Southern Manitoba. Included on the map are a few dots near Brandon.  
 
Per http://www.manitobacougar.com/population.html, they quote at least one scientist that seems confident we have an actual living population.  
 
In your opinion do we have resident Mountain Lions in Manitoba?