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This is a multi-part message in MIME format. ------=_NextPart_000_0082_01D001B1.B7444C10 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable This is slightly off topic. While we have observed the spread of the = Eastern Coyote throughout eastern North America, and are debating the = possible return of the Eastern Cougar, it may be useful to note that = Europe is experiencing the spread of the Common Jackal (a.k.a. Golden = Jackal, Canis aureus), originally present only in the Balkans, the = Middle East, and India. There have been hundreds of roadkills and = shootings of jackals in Hungary in recent years, and four recent ones in = the Czech Republic. It looks like this small coyote-like canine is = starting to occupy a niche vacated by the local extermination of the = wolf. Dusan Soudek From: Shouty McShoutsalot=20 Sent: Sunday, November 16, 2014 1:21 PM To: naturens=20 Subject: Re: [NatureNS] Purported SW NS Eastern Cougar Photo Angela=20 Thanks for chasing it down. A healthy skepticism (aka a well tuned BS = Detector) is certainly required dealing with all things interweb.=20 And yet... I know a few very credible witnesses, woods-wise and not = given to hyperbole, who have convinced me of their eyewitness accounts. = Certainly there are enough deer to go around. And another top shelf = carnivore (the Eastern Coyote) has certainly been successful moving into = the area... Regards Jamie Simpson Hantsport NS=20 ------=_NextPart_000_0082_01D001B1.B7444C10 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <HTML><HEAD></HEAD> <BODY dir=3Dltr> <DIV dir=3Dltr> <DIV style=3D"FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: 12pt"> <DIV> This is slightly off topic. While we have observed the = spread=20 of the Eastern Coyote throughout eastern North America, and are debating = the=20 possible return of the Eastern Cougar, it may be useful to note that = Europe is=20 experiencing the spread of the Common Jackal (a.k.a. Golden Jackal, = <EM>Canis=20 aureus</EM>), originally present only in the Balkans, the Middle East, = and=20 India. There have been hundreds of roadkills and shootings of jackals in = Hungary=20 in recent years, and four recent ones in the Czech Republic. It looks = like this=20 small coyote-like canine is starting to occupy a niche vacated by the = local=20 extermination of the wolf.</DIV> <DIV> Dusan Soudek</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT-STYLE: normal; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; = COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: small; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: = none"> <DIV style=3D"FONT: 10pt tahoma"> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV style=3D"BACKGROUND: #f5f5f5"> <DIV style=3D"font-color: black"><B>From:</B> <A = title=3Ddesolatechair@gmail.com=20 href=3D"mailto:desolatechair@gmail.com">Shouty McShoutsalot</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Sent:</B> Sunday, November 16, 2014 1:21 PM</DIV> <DIV><B>To:</B> <A title=3Dnaturens@chebucto.ns.ca=20 href=3D"mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens</A> </DIV> <DIV><B>Subject:</B> Re: [NatureNS] Purported SW NS Eastern Cougar=20 Photo</DIV></DIV></DIV> <DIV> </DIV></DIV> <DIV=20 style=3D"FONT-STYLE: normal; DISPLAY: inline; FONT-FAMILY: 'Calibri'; = COLOR: #000000; FONT-SIZE: small; FONT-WEIGHT: normal; TEXT-DECORATION: = none"> <DIV dir=3Dltr>Angela=20 <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Thanks for chasing it down. A healthy skepticism (aka a well = tuned BS=20 Detector) is certainly required dealing with all things interweb. </DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>And yet... I know a few very credible witnesses, woods-wise and not = given=20 to hyperbole, who have convinced me of their eyewitness accounts. =20 Certainly there are enough deer to go around. And another top = shelf=20 carnivore (the Eastern Coyote) has certainly been successful moving into = the=20 area...</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Regards</DIV> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV>Jamie Simpson</DIV> <DIV>Hantsport NS </DIV></DIV> <DIV class=3Dgmail_extra> <DIV> </DIV> <DIV = class=3Dgmail_quote> </DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML> ------=_NextPart_000_0082_01D001B1.B7444C10--
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