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Index of Subjects --0-1977442013-1297266426=:57240 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Angela, regarding your question if anyone else in their neighbourhood has s= een these cats, the answer I got this morning from my daughter-in-law is no= . In fact nobody has reported any missing or injured animals. And nobody se= ems the least bit concerned (maybe that's a good thing too) Who needs a sit= uation of hysteria or calling the newspapers, etc. We know their criteria f= or reporting; "If it bleeds, it reads". Now both my grandchildren said they saw one of them last night when their o= wn cat was outside. What brought it to their attention was their cat was ha= nging on frantically to their outside screen door and, in fact, the cat had= 'evacuated its bowels'. The long dark cat with a thick long tail (their de= scription) went around back of their van & disappeared.=20 As for checking scat, I doubt very much if they would really know what it m= ight look like & with the drifting snow & all. But I'll just mention to the= m to keep an eye out. My daughter-in-law did inform DNR this morning anyway of this latest sighti= ng. They said they would leave the message for the official who had gone ou= t on Monday. =A0 Sincerely, =A0 Gayle MacLean Dartmouth --- On Tue, 2/8/11, Angela Joudrey* <aljoudrey@eastlink.ca> wrote: From: Angela Joudrey* <aljoudrey@eastlink.ca> Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Eastern Cougar To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca Received: Tuesday, February 8, 2011, 7:02 PM Very interesting indeed. good thinking to bring DNR in as soon as possible.= Would your people be interested in keeping an eye out for any scat? I'd ha= te to see them shot regardless of whether of or not they are protected. Tha= t's just my opinion. It doesn't sound like they were being stalked or anyth= ing. Have there been any other reports or issues?=20 Gayle, thanks for sharing. Angela in Windsor On 02/08/11, Gayle MacLean <duartess2003@yahoo.ca> wrote:=20 Hello All, Am certainly aware of all the anecdotal evidence of the possible presence o= f the Eastern Cougar in Nova Scotia but understand, also, the reluctance of= an 'official' stance by our Dept. of Natural Resources of this possibility= (or so I am aware). Two evenings ago, my 16 year old grandson was returning home in East Chezze= tcook from a skiing trip when he was confronted, in the back yard that face= s off into the woods,=A0by 2 large brown cats, one a little smaller with so= me spots but both had long tails. They did not hiss but growled before disa= ppearing into the woods. I happened to call=A0 my daughter-in-law that night when she told me this. = They were all quite un-nerved about the whole thing. I asked Brett were the= re any paw-prints and he said probably & that he should go get a ruler, pla= ce it beside one & take a picture. After speaking to my son who's out in Calgary working, he said they should = also call DNR which they did. An official went right out there yesterday and=A0was able to examine the pr= ints which were still quite visible, though abit melted. He also had a tele= phone conversation with Brett who wasn't home at the time to get alot more = info. My daughter-in-law wanted to know if maybe Brett might have mistook t= hese animals and that perhaps they might have been a pair of labradoodles t= hat are always wandering around. The official said they were not dog /coyot= e tracks but were cat tracks but not Bob-cat tracks. Anyway, that's all he = would say to Nancy. He did say, though, because, they were wondering if they should shoot it if= it came back, that they may not shoot it as it is a protected species but = to try and get a picture.=20 I thought that this was very interesting. Gayle MacLean Dartmouth --=20 When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest= of the world.=20 John Muir =0A=0A --0-1977442013-1297266426=:57240 Content-Type: text/html; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <table cellspacing=3D"0" cellpadding=3D"0" border=3D"0" ><tr><td valign=3D"= top" style=3D"font: inherit;"><DIV>Angela, regarding your question if anyon= e else in their neighbourhood has seen these cats, the answer I got this mo= rning from my daughter-in-law is no. In fact nobody has reported any missin= g or injured animals. And nobody seems the least bit concerned (maybe that'= s a good thing too) Who needs a situation of hysteria or calling the newspa= pers, etc. We know their criteria for reporting; "If it bleeds, it reads".<= /DIV> <DIV>Now both my grandchildren said they saw one of them last night when th= eir own cat was outside. What brought it to their attention was their cat w= as hanging on frantically to their outside screen door and, in fact, the ca= t had 'evacuated its bowels'. The long dark cat with a thick long tail (the= ir description) went around back of their van & disappeared. </DIV> <DIV>As for checking scat, I doubt very much if they would really know what= it might look like & with the drifting snow & all. But I'll just m= ention to them to keep an eye out.</DIV> <DIV>My daughter-in-law did inform DNR this morning anyway of this latest s= ighting. They said they would leave the message for the official who had go= ne out on Monday.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Sincerely,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Gayle MacLean</DIV> <DIV>Dartmouth<BR><BR>--- On <B>Tue, 2/8/11, Angela <SPAN><SPAN>Joudrey</SP= AN></SPAN>* <I><aljoudrey@eastlink.ca></I></B> wrote:<BR></DIV> <BLOCKQUOTE style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(= 16,16,255) 2px solid"><BR>From: Angela Joudrey* <aljoudrey@eastlink.ca&g= t;<BR>Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Eastern Cougar<BR>To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca= <BR>Received: Tuesday, February 8, 2011, 7:02 PM<BR><BR> <DIV id=3Dyiv1051972870> <DIV style=3D"FONT-SIZE: 16px; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'">Very interes= ting indeed. good thinking to bring DNR in as soon as possible. Would your = people be interested in keeping an eye out for any scat? I'd hate to see th= em shot regardless of whether of or not they are protected. That's just my = opinion. It doesn't sound like they were being stalked or anything. Have th= ere been any other reports or issues? <BR><BR>Gayle, thanks for sharing.<BR= ><BR>Angela in Windsor<BR><BR><BR><SPAN>On 02/08/11, <B class=3Dyiv10519728= 70name>Gayle MacLean </B><duartess2003@yahoo.ca> wrote:</SPAN>=20 <BLOCKQUOTE class=3Dyiv1051972870iwcQuote style=3D"PADDING-LEFT: 13px; MARG= IN-LEFT: 0pt; BORDER-LEFT: rgb(0,0,255) 1px solid" type=3D"cite"> <DIV class=3D"yiv1051972870mimepart yiv1051972870text yiv1051972870html"> <TABLE cellSpacing=3D0 cellPadding=3D0 border=3D0> <TBODY> <TR> <TD v