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John A. Lutz of Grant Co, West Virginia in USA would like to hear from
anyone with cougar, mountain
lion reports in eastern Canada. Over 7,500 events gathered dating back
to 1930s. Send data to: epuma@hardynet.com |
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Denis Proulx |
Nous sommes allés au Nouveau-Brunswick la semaine du 16 juillet, en
camping dans le parc national de Fundy, et moi et ma copine nous avons
eu la chance de voir un p’tit
couguar courir quelque mètre en avant de notre camionnette (c’était
le 19)… c’était sûrement un jeune car selon notre estimé il devait
mesuré ±24‘’ de hauteur, et ça ne pouvais pas être un lynx, car il avait
une longue queue…
Nous l’avons signalés à l’administration du parc, mais je tenais quand même (en consultant votre site) à vous le signalez… |
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Joan St-Cyr |
J'ai personnellement vu un cougar dans la
région d'Ashuapmushan au Québec. C'était en août 2006. J'ai pris une photo qui n'est pas tellement claire, mais on voit bien que c'est un
cougar, et quand celui-ci a sauté par dessus une souche, nous avons bien vu la longue queue, ce qui est venu confirmer que c'était bien un cougar. |
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Laura Hunter |
I live in Carlisle, NB. A few years ago we had what we believe to be an Eastern Cougar living near our home. It stayed in our area for most of the summer. I saw it one night & on many evenings you could hear
its call. Just last week we've noticed this noise again around our house, mostly down by the stream. Can you tell me what sort of noise an Easter Cougar would make? Thanks, Laura LMHUNTER@dayandrossinc.ca |
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Anonymous |
I saw a large black cat (cougar like) in northern
Newfoundland 5 or 6 years ago and there has been many sighting since then.
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Elizabeth Hanson, |
Just wanted to say that I saw what appeared to be a baby cougar crossing Hwy. 1 near the St. Andrews exit (by Bocabec) around noon on August 19, 2008.
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Frank Dallaire |
Bonjour,
Si celà vous intéresse j'ai cru voir un cougar à Galloway, rang
California road.
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Dianne O'Neil |
Hello, This morning I was throwing bread over the back of our deck for the crows, when a large beige/reddish yellow mix came out of the on the well trodden path between two willows of a number of willows in a line at the back of my neighbours lawn. I say well trodden as the animals in our area have made the path. This cat was about 1 1/2 to 2 feet high at its front withers, appeared to be well fed, looked like a super large cat compared to a housecat, was about twice in length to its height, and has a cat like face, but its face is rounder and much bigger than a household cat. It walked onto our property across the width of my neighbours lawn, near the woods, and walked in behind my line of apple trees and two wide plum trees which blocked my view. He or she walked into the woods near my apple trees. It looked like a large beige cat with a tail that drug on the ground and curled up a bit at the tip. I know it is not a fischer, as they are dark and smaller, about the size of a weasel. Where do I live? at 950 Riverside Drive, where the fields in behind our lawn have grown in, since no more horses graze in them. Behind this " jungle" (named originally in the depression years as the hobos on the trains would jump of the trains at Golf Street and camp there in the evening, so the name was "hobo jungle" during that time frame, and it is still called the Jungle. About 5 or 6 building lots back further, there are the train tracks, then the Water Treatment Plant, and a large reservoir. Near the reservoir there is the land that now belongs to the city, but when I was growing up it belonged to my Uncle Jerry O'Neil and his father before him. It was taken over by the city as protected watershed area, and they made cross-country trails all through there. The road my great grandfather & Uncle Jerry made, went from Golf Street to the Middle River Road. We all know the Middle River area is only partially populated by homes, and totally populated by animals. Last summer, a coyote raced across our back lawn one morning, and there was bear poop on our lawn the summer before that and they all must have crossed the CNR tracks and come to the jungle to get to our lawn. Anyway, I wish I had my digital camera with me when I saw it as I had about a 8 or 9 or 10 second view. I went this evening to check if any apples or plums dropped off of my trees, and brought the camera then and took pictures of its entry path onto the lawn, and its exit point was trampled down so I took a picture of that too Tomorrow morning I will go on my deck with my camera to check too & will get a picture if it shows up again. I had a sense when I was checking and heard branches and leaves breaking, and think something was on the pathway when I took the entry point photo in my digital camera. Please reply to me. Dianne O'Neil, (506) 546-5695 doneil@nbnet.nb.ca 950 Riverside Drive, Bathurst, NB E2A2M7 |
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Joachim Robinson |
Bonjour, Samedi dernier alors que je chassais l'orignal à l'arc, j'étais dans ma Watch à 5h50 lorsque j'ai vu passer un couguar à 80 mètres de moi. L'animal marchais calmement. Il mesurais environ 7 pieds de long avec une queue d'environ 30 pouces de long, le diamètre de son corps était d'environ 24 à 30 pouces. Je chasse le même territoire à chaque année depuis 1970. Normalement lorsque nous voyons une femelle adulte sur notre territoire, il ya presque toujours un ou deux veaux avec elle. Cette année, j'ai vu 9 femelles durant la semaine et seulement une femelle était accompagnée d'un veau. Cela ne me paraît pas normale, car il y a des bucks en quantité suffisante pour servir toutes les femelles. De plus, il ya des coyotes et des ours en quantité sur le même territoire. Nous les entendons continuellement jour et nuit. Nous en voyons très sauvant. J'aimerais avoir de l'information sur la situation du couguar dans notre territoire. Je chasse à Mont-Louis en Gaspésie depuis 1970. |
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Julie Harnett |
I was just reading your article and almost laughed out loud. If you grew up in NB and lived in a remote area, you KNOW there are cougars living there as well. I don't understand why you people work so hard to try and dismiss it. What makes it so funny - it almost seems like a silly conspiracy theory. My Grandfather died at 87 years old, and was an animal trapper for almost 80 of those years. We did indeed see not one but two black
cougars/ panthers, and not for a few seconds. This animal did not show any fear and lucky for us we were in a vehicle. It walked out of the ditch with a cub, stood in the middle of the road not 3 feet in front of us. Sauntered along to the other side taking it's time. We watched these animals for at least 5 minutes, and I would have to say probably one of the most breath-taking sights I have ever witnessed. As an adult I will never forget those moments. Neighbors have also witnessed first hand cougars on their properties although
it was rare. The university actually investigated and found evidence of this
sighting a few years ago. So for of all you that work so hard to try and prove no such animal exists in NB, why don't you get out of your comfortable office chairs and start living
there!
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