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Hi All, Feb 9, 2011
If that was a dog it was a scary one; from a cat's viewpoint.
DW
----- Original Message -----
From: Gayle MacLean
To: naturens@chebucto.ns.ca
Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 11:47 AM
Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Eastern Cougar
Angela, regarding your question if anyone else in their neighbourhood has seen 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 seems the least bit concerned (maybe that's a good thing too) Who needs a situation of hysteria or calling the newspapers, etc. We know their criteria for reporting; "If it bleeds, it reads".
Now both my grandchildren said they saw one of them last night when their own cat was outside. What brought it to their attention was their cat was hanging 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 description) went around back of their van & disappeared.
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 mention to them to keep an eye out.
My daughter-in-law did inform DNR this morning anyway of this latest sighting. They said they would leave the message for the official who had gone out on Monday.
Sincerely,
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 hate to see them 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 there been any other reports or issues?
Gayle, thanks for sharing.
Angela in Windsor
On 02/08/11, Gayle MacLean <duartess2003@yahoo.ca> wrote:
Hello All,
Am certainly aware of all the anecdotal evidence of the possible presence of 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 Chezzetcook 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 before disappearing into the woods.
I happened to call 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 there any paw-prints and he said probably & that he should go get a ruler, place 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 was able to examine the prints which were still quite visible, though abit melted. He also had a telephone 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 these animals and that perhaps they might have been a pair of labradoodles that are always wandering around. The official said they were not dog /coyote 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.
I thought that this was very interesting.
Gayle MacLean
Dartmouth
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When one tugs at a single thing in nature, he finds it attached to the rest of the world.
John Muir
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<DIV><FONT size=2>Hi All,
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<DIV>Angela, regarding your question if anyone else in their
neighbourhood has seen 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 seems the least bit concerned (maybe that's
a good thing too) Who needs a situation of hysteria or calling the
newspapers, etc. We know their criteria for reporting; "If it blee