The Manitoba Museum has a new, permanent exhibit that Winnipeggers will want to pounce on.
On Tuesday, the museum announced, ‘The Cougar – Manitoba’s Big Cat,’ has prowled into its galleries.
The new exhibit tells the story of a cougar, known as SK-10, who was born in 2010 in Saskatchewan’s Cypress Hills. When he was just over a year old, SK-10 was given an ear tag and satellite collar as part of a study for the University of Alberta, which would reveal his 10-year journey through the Prairies.
The museum notes that SK-10 travelled farther than any other cougar in the study – in just 100 days he covered 750 kilometres, wandering through Montana and ending up in Moose Mountain, Sask.
Though SK-10’s collar eventually malfunctioned, he was caught on trail cameras in Riding Mountain National Park from 2016 to 2018.
SK-10 eventually reached his final stop near Duck Mountain, …