[NatureNS] Mountain Lion in Connecticut

From: Christopher Majka <c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca>
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Date: Wed, 27 Jul 2011 13:38:56 -0300
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Hi Brian,

On 27-Jul-11, at 12:05 AM, Brian Dalzell wrote:

> If a wild mountain lion could make it to New England, why not NB/NS?
>
> http://www.courant.com/news/breaking/hc-mountain-lion-dna-20110726,0,3798831.story

We already know that there are cougars in southern New Brunswick:

	http://www.cougarnet.org/2%20nd%20COUGAR%20CONFIRMATION%20NEW%20BRUNSWICK.htm
	http://www.pc.gc.ca/docs/v-g/ie-ei/at-ag/sec5/page1.aspx

Whether this is a self-sustaining population of the elusive Eastern  
Cougar or migrants from points west is still uncertain.

In any event, if they were to disperse to Nova Scotia, Fundy National  
Park is much closer to NS than the 1,500 km that the CT cougar  
apparently migrated from the Black Hills of South Dakota.

Cheers,

Chris


Christopher Majka
6252 Jubilee Rd., Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada B3H 2G5
c.majka@ns.sympatico.ca


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