A car struck and killed a cougar Friday night in Minnesota near Bemidji .
The car hit the cat Friday night on the Schoolcraft Bridge as the cougar was using the bridge to cross the Schoolcraft River.
The cat was a sub-adult male 2 to 2½ years old and weighing an estimated 110 pounds. The lion was in good health before it was hit and does not appear to have ever been held in captivity.
The cougar is not the first to be confirmed in Minnesota but is still one of only a few.
This cougar like most other cougar that show up where there are not believed to be populations of cougars is a young male. Male cougars often travel long distances looking for a place to call home. These travels can be many hundreds of miles from their place of birth. This cougar is likely a disperser from the Badlands or Black Hills of South Dakato.
