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Talking about "lacking evidence of hair": About 3 or 4 years ago my neighbour saw a cougar in his backyard. The next morning we found scat on our driveway that was unlike any scat we were familiar with so we took a sample to the NS Museum and they would send it to a place in Ontario for DNA testing (looking for hair samples as cats lick themselves, which usually causes some hair to show up in the stool). Never heard back from them, evenso we inquired about once a year.
Henk Kwindt.
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From: Christopher Majka
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 1:37 PM
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Eastern Cougar
Hi Nancy,
I wouldn't describe attitudes amongst investigators as reluctance; what there is, rather, is scientific objectivity. While there is unequivocal evidence of cougars in New Brunswick (hair that has been genetically tested and determined as being from cougar), such evidence from Nova Scotia is lacking. Indeed, even a definitive photo of a cougar taken in Nova Scotia would (in my view) be sufficient to make the case, but we don't even have this. In BC there have been lots of sasquatch sightings as well, but again (as Randy points) out, this is a long way from being proof that a sasquatch exists. :->
Cheers!
Chris
On 9-Feb-11, at 1:15 PM, Nancy Roberts wrote:
I can accept that there have been genuine cougar sightings. Surely some DNR people have had sightings, too, since random people do.
Why do you-all think DNR would be so reluctant to espouse the idea of cougars in NS? Is their reluctance a good thing, since we don't want the kind of hysteria that is surrounding coyotes?
Nancy
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Talking about "lacking evidence of hair": About 3
or 4 years ago my neighbour saw a cougar in his backyard. The next morning
we found scat on our driveway that was unlike any scat we were familiar with so
we took a sample to the NS Museum and they would send it to a place in Ontario
for DNA testing (looking for hair samples as cats lick themselves, which usually
causes some hair to show up in the stool). Never heard back from them, evenso we
inquired about once a year.</FONT></DIV>
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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Henk Kwindt.</FONT></DIV>
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<A title=c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Wednesday, February 09, 2011 1:37
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NatureNS] Eastern
Cougar</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>Hi Nancy,
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>I wouldn't describe attitudes amongst investigators as reluctance; what
there is, rather, is scientific objectivity. While there is unequivocal
evidence of cougars in New Brunswick (hair that has been genetically tested
and determined as being from cougar), such evidence from Nova Scotia is
lacking. Indeed, even a definitive photo of a cougar taken in Nova Scotia
would (in my view) be sufficient to make the case, but we don't even have
this. In BC there have been lots of sasquatch sightings as well, but again (as
Randy points) out, this is a long way from being proof that a sasquatch
exists. :-></DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Cheers!</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Chris</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
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<DIV>On 9-Feb-11, at 1:15 PM, Nancy Roberts wrote:</DIV><BR
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people have had sightings, too, since random people do.
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV>Why do you-all think DNR would be so reluctant to espouse the idea of
cougars in NS? Is their reluctance a good thing, since we don't want
the kind of hysteria that is surrounding coyotes?</DIV>
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<DIV>Nancy<BR>
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