[NatureNS] Cougar photographed in Antigonish County?

From: Paul Ruggles <cpruggles@eastlink.ca>
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2018 18:35:42 -0300
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I worked on Vancouver Island as a young biologist and saw 3 or 4 cougar =
or groups of cougars - also filmed a bobcat in Nova Scotia.
I believe it is a bobcat.
Paul.

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> On Sep 17, 2018, at 5:23 PM, Rick Ballard <ideaphore@gmail.com> wrote:
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> On Sat, Sep 15, 2018 at 11:05 AM Frederick W. Schueler =
<bckcdb@istar.ca <mailto:bckcdb@istar.ca>> wrote:
> On 15/09/2018 9:29 AM, David&Jane Schlosberg wrote:
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> > I am not a scientist, but I am an artist who loves her kitties.  The=20=

> > distance between the front and back legs of this animal is longer =
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> that it's a Cougar rather than a Bobcat.
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worked on Vancouver Island as a young biologist and saw 3 or 4 cougar or =
groups of cougars - also filmed a bobcat in Nova Scotia.<div class=3D"">I =
believe it is a bobcat.</div><div class=3D"">Paul.</div><div =
class=3D""><br class=3D""><div class=3D"">&nbsp;<br class=3D""><div><br =
class=3D""><blockquote type=3D"cite" class=3D""><div class=3D"">On Sep =
17, 2018, at 5:23 PM, Rick Ballard &lt;<a =
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<br class=3D"">
&gt; I am not a scientist, but I am an artist who loves her =
kitties.&nbsp; The <br class=3D"">
&gt; distance between the front and back legs of this animal is longer =
than <br class=3D"">
&gt; I=E2=80=99ve ever seen on a domestic cat.<br class=3D"">
<br class=3D"">
* I think it's only this matter of apparent body length which suggests =
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that it's a Cougar rather than a Bobcat.<br class=3D"">
<br class=3D"">
fred.<br class=3D"">
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