[NatureNS] Eastern Cougar

From: Angela Joudrey* <aljoudrey@eastlink.ca>
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Date: Tue, 08 Feb 2011 20:02:17 -0400
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6px=3B=22=3EVery interesting indeed=2E good thinking to bring DNR in as =
soon as possible=2E Would your people be interested in keeping an eye ou=
t for any scat=3F I=27d hate to see them shot regardless of whether of o=
r not they are protected=2E That=27s just my opinion=2E It doesn=27t sou=
nd like they were being stalked or anything=2E Have there been any other=
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irty=3D=22=22 /=3EGayle=2C thanks for sharing=2E=3Cbr =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D=22=
=22 /=3E=3Cbr =5Fmoz=5Fdirty=3D=22=22 /=3EAngela in Windsor=3Cbr =5Fmoz=5F=
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On 02/08/11=2C =3Cb class=3D=22name=22=3EGayle MacLean =3C/b=3E =26lt=3B=
duartess2003=40yahoo=2Eca=26gt=3B wrote=3A=3C/span=3E=3Cblockquote cite=3D=
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ellpadding=3D=220=22 cellspacing=3D=220=22=3E=3Ctbody=3E=3Ctr=3E=3Ctd st=
yle=3D=22font=3A inherit=3B=22 valign=3D=22top=22=3E=3Cdiv=3EHello All=2C=
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=3Cdiv=3EAm certainly aware of all the anecdotal evidence of the possibl=
e presence of the Eastern Cougar in Nova Scotia but understand=2C also=2C=
 the reluctance of an =27official=27 stance by our Dept=2E of Natural Re=
sources of this possibility (or so I am aware)=2E=3C/div=3E
=3Cdiv=3ETwo evenings ago=2C my 16 year old grandson was returning home =
in East Chezzetcook from a skiing trip when he was confronted=2C in the =
back yard that faces off into the woods=2C=A0by 2 large brown cats=2C on=
e a little smaller with some spots but both had long tails=2E They did n=
ot hiss but growled before disappearing into the woods=2E=3C/div=3E
=3Cdiv=3EI happened to call=A0 my daughter-in-law that night when she to=
ld me this=2E They were all quite un-nerved about the whole thing=2E I a=
sked Brett were there any paw-prints and he said probably =26amp=3B that=
 he should go get a ruler=2C place it beside one =26amp=3B take a pictur=
e=2E=3C/div=3E
=3Cdiv=3EAfter speaking to my son who=27s out in Calgary working=2C he s=
aid they should also call DNR which they did=2E=3C/div=3E
=3Cdiv=3EAn official went right out there yesterday and=A0was able to ex=
amine the prints which were still quite visible=2C though abit melted=2E=
 He also had a telephone conversation with Brett who wasn=27t home at th=
e time to get alot more info=2E My daughter-in-law wanted to know if may=
be Brett might have mistook these animals and that perhaps they might ha=
ve been a pair of labradoodles that are always wandering around=2E The o=
fficial said they were not dog /coyote tracks but were cat tracks but no=
t Bob-cat tracks=2E Anyway=2C that=27s all he would say to Nancy=2E=3C/d=
iv=3E
=3Cdiv=3EHe did say=2C though=2C because=2C they were wondering if they =
should shoot it if it came back=2C that they may not shoot it as it is a=
 protected species but to try and get a picture=2E =3C/div=3E
=3Cdiv=3EI thought that this was very interesting=2E=3C/div=3E
=3Cdiv =3E=3Cbr/=3E=3C/div=3E
=3Cdiv=3EGayle MacLean=3C/div=3E
=3Cdiv=3EDartmouth=3C/div=3E=3C/td=3E=3C/tr=3E=3C/tbody=3E=3C/table=3E=3C=
br /=3E=3C/div=3E=3C/blockquote=3E=3C/div=3E=3Cbr /=3E-- =3Cbr /=3EWhen =
one tugs at a single thing in nature=2C he finds it attached to the rest=
 of the world=2E =3Cbr /=3EJohn Muir=3Cbr /=3E=3Cbr /=3E

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