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Index of Subjects <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org= /TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd"><html xmlns=3D"http://www.w3.org/1999/xht= ml"><head> <meta content=3D"text/html; charset=3DUTF-8" http-equiv=3D"Content-Type= "/> =20 </head><body style=3D""> =20 <div>    We desperately need some hard evidence for the presenc= e of Eastern Cougar in Nova Scotia. There continue to be many sighting= s, of various degrees of reliability, but very little if any hard = 0;DNA evidence (carcasses, hair, scats). Trail cam photos are often hoaxes,= as there is usually no way to tell where they were taken. No GPS coor= dinates. And tracks? I am not sure how many people out there can reliably d= istinguish cougar tracks from lynx tracks. <br/>  Logically, one cannot disprove that a material object doesn&= #39;t exist. The Loch Ness Monster, Sasquatch, the Yeti. BTW, I saw a = unicorn a few years ago. In Nova Scotia. It was on my street in Halifax, on= Halloween.... </div>=20 <div>   Dusan Soudek </div>=20 <div>   </div>=20 <blockquote style=3D"position: relative; border-left: blue 1px solid; pad= ding-left: 10px; margin-left: 0px;" type=3D"cite"> On November 16, 2014 at 11:29 AM David Patriquin <davidgpatriquin@ya= hoo.ca> wrote: <br/> <br/>=20 <div style=3D"background-color: #fff; font-family: HelveticaNeue-Light, = Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans= -serif; color: #000; font-size: 16px;">=20 <div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1416151267122_4695"> <span></span>Otherwise known as a Type II error or a false negative! </div>=20 <div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1416151267122_4709" style=3D"font-family: Helve= ticaNeue-Light, Helvetica Neue Light, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Luc= ida Grande, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;">=20 <div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1416151267122_4708" style=3D"font-family: Helv= eticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif; fon= t-size: 16px;">=20 <div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1416151267122_4751" dir=3D"ltr"> <hr size=3D"1"/> <span style=3D"font-family: Arial; font-size: small;"><strong><span = style=3D"font-weight: bold;">From:</span></strong> John and Nhung <nhun= gjohn@eastlink.ca><br/><strong><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">To:</= span></strong> naturens@chebucto.ns.ca <br/><strong><span style=3D"font-wei= ght: bold;">Sent:</span></strong> Sunday, November 16, 2014 10:53 AM<br/><s= trong><span style=3D"font-weight: bold;">Subject:</span></strong> RE: [Natu= reNS] Purported SW NS Eastern Cougar Photo<br/></span> </div>=20 <div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1416151267122_4707" class=3D"y_msg_container"= > <br/>=20 <div id=3D"yiv1363340841">=20 <div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1416151267122_4706">=20 <div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1416151267122_4705" class=3D"yiv1363340841= WordSection1">=20 <div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1416151267122_4704" class=3D"yiv136334084= 1MsoNormal"> <span style=3D"font-size: 11pt;">I have probably said this befor= e, but </span>w <span style=3D"font-size: 11pt;">hen Donald Rumseld said =E2=80= =9CThe absence of evidence is not evidence of absence,=E2=80=9D he as logic= ally spot on.   =E2=80=9CNo evidence=E2=80=9D proves exactly noth= ing, and I wish more people would see that!</span> </div>=20 <div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1416151267122_4739" class=3D"yiv136334084= 1MsoNormal"> <span style=3D"font-size: 11pt;"> </span> </div>=20 <div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1416151267122_4741" class=3D"yiv136334084= 1MsoNormal"> <span style=3D"font-size: 11pt;">(Hence the absence of proof of = the existence of the Eastern Cougar in NS does not disprove their existence= !)</span> </div>=20 <div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1416151267122_4742" class=3D"yiv136334084= 1MsoNormal"> <span style=3D"font-size: 11pt;"> </span> </div>=20 <div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1416151267122_4743" class=3D"yiv136334084= 1MsoNormal"> <span style=3D"font-size: 11pt;">Ain=E2=80=99t logic fun?</span> </div>=20 <div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1416151267122_4744" class=3D"yiv136334084= 1MsoNormal"> <span style=3D"font-size: 11pt;"> </span> </div>=20 <div class=3D"qtdSeparateBR"> <br/> <br/> </div>=20 <div id=3D"yiv1363340841yqt06759" class=3D"yiv1363340841yqt228597= 5706">=20 <div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1416151267122_4747">=20 <div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1416151267122_4746" style=3D"border-bot= tom: medium none; border-left: medium none; padding-bottom: 0cm; padding-le= ft: 0cm; padding-right: 0cm; border-top: #b5c4df 1pt solid; border-right: m= edium none; padding-top: 3pt;">=20 <div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1416151267122_4745" class=3D"yiv136334= 0841MsoNormal"> <strong><span style=3D"font-size: 10pt;">From:</span></strong= > <span style=3D"font-size: 10pt;"> naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.= ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] <strong>On Behalf Of </strong>Pau= l Ruggles<br clear=3D"none"/><strong>Sent:</strong> November-16-14 10:28 AM= <br clear=3D"none"/><strong>To:</strong> naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<br clear= =3D"none"/><strong>Subject:</strong> Re: [NatureNS] Purported SW NS Eastern= Cougar Photo</span> </div>=20 </div>=20 </div>=20 <div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1416151267122_4810" class=3D"yiv13633408= 41MsoNormal">   </div>=20 <div id=3D"yui_3_16_0_1_1416151267122_4811" class=3D"yiv13633408= 41MsoNormal"> I know there is a lot of disbelief about cougars in NS, but My = wife and I saw one while driving up to Cape Breton in the late 1960's. = I was quite familiar with these critters from several sightings on Vancouve= r Island while conducting salmon research. </div>=20 </div>=20 <div id=3D"yui_