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--0-158396218-1297187944=:35734 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Hello All, =A0 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. =A0 Gayle MacLean Dartmouth=0A=0A --0-158396218-1297187944=:35734 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>Hello All,</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Am certainly aware of all the anecdotal evidence of the possible prese= nce of the Eastern Cougar in Nova Scotia but understand, also, the reluctan= ce of an 'official' stance by our Dept. of Natural Resources of this possib= ility (or so I am aware).</DIV> <DIV>Two evenings ago, my 16 year old grandson was returning home in East C= hezzetcook from a skiing trip when he was confronted, in the back yard that= faces off into the woods, by 2 large brown cats, one a little smaller= with some spots but both had long tails. They did not hiss but growled bef= ore disappearing into the woods.</DIV> <DIV>I happened to call my daughter-in-law that night when she told m= e this. They were all quite un-nerved about the whole thing. I asked Brett = were there any paw-prints and he said probably & that he should go get = a ruler, place it beside one & take a picture.</DIV> <DIV>After speaking to my son who's out in Calgary working, he said they sh= ould also call DNR which they did.</DIV> <DIV>An official went right out there yesterday and was able to examin= e the prints which were still quite visible, though abit melted. He also ha= d a telephone conversation with Brett who wasn't home at the time to get al= ot more info. My daughter-in-law wanted to know if maybe Brett might have m= istook these animals and that perhaps they might have been a pair of labrad= oodles that are always wandering around. The official said they were not do= g /coyote tracks but were cat tracks but not Bob-cat tracks. Anyway, that's= all he would say to Nancy.</DIV> <DIV>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. </DIV> <DIV>I thought that this was very interesting.</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Gayle MacLean</DIV> <DIV>Dartmouth</DIV></td></tr></table><br> --0-158396218-1297187944=:35734--
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