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Cougar Accounts
Reports of cougar sightings have been popping up all over central
and eastern Canada — scat and tracks, large, looming shapes that
move with cat-like stealth, animal attacks. Solid evidence has yet
to be recorded on the re-appearance of North America's largest cat
in this neck of the woods, but that doesn't stop the first-hand
experiences many have had with Puma concolor.
Tell us your cougar story and maybe we can find patterns to the appearances of this "ghost of the forest."
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Frank
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Sunday, February 01, 2009
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Heard from a person I play hockey with about a couger killing a horse in the Horseshoe valley area. He heard story from the owner of the horse |
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Barb Hacker
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009
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On January 16th, 2008, my standardbred horse was taken down and killed by an animal. There were only one set of prints, large prints, if you extended your hand out, that size. One animal only. Grabbed her underbelly just in front of her hind legs and ripped. She put up quite a fight. She was 7 months along with foul, then a chunk out of the hind leg, down to the bone. MNR investigated and took pics of her, but I think we need to know the truth about whether this was a Cougar or not? I understand that wolves and coyotes are in packs, not alone and they would not do this type of damage. There was a sighting in East Garafaxa last week in the Orangeville Banner. Animal owners beware. |
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Claude
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Friday, December 26, 2008
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On Christmas Day of 2008, travelling on highway 101, on the corner of 67, in a field behind a house we spotted 3 large cats walking side by side. As we looked closer we noticed they were full grown, a dark color and had long tails eliminating the possibility that they could be lynx. What a present to see 3 cougars, such an elusive animal on Christmas Day. |
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Toni
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Monday, December 08, 2008
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On September 26, 2008 my mother and I
were driving from our cottage on the
West Arm of Lake Nipissing. We were
driving south on Route 69 about
50 miles north of Perry Sound. It was
about 9:30am when we saw a large, muscular, light-coloured (maybe grey) cougar run across the
highway (no more that 20 feet ahead of
us). It happened so fast that we were
glad both of us were in the car to
validate the sighting. |
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Joanne Niemi
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Tuesday, November 04, 2008
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Last night my husband and I were driving back to Cochrane from Timmins when we spotted a large cat on the side of the road. Upon further observation we noticed it was a cougar. We had the opportunity to stop the car and put the head lights on him and watch him sit on the side of the road for a few minutes before a few cars began to approach. |
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Corrine
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Friday, October 24, 2008
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Late August 2008 my husband and I were camping in northen Ontario, Little Bear Lake area just off of Hwy 560. We had been out for a walk and upon
our return to camp sighted what I am
sure is a Cougar walking ahead of us!
Aprroximately 100-150 feet ahead of
us, walking the centre of the old dirt
road....we carefully and quitely tried
to get closer for a look but it heard
us and lept into the thick bush in a
split second! I was sure I had
spotted something other than a lynx or
bobcat once before - wasn't sure what
but after this second sighting I'm sure
it was a cougar! |
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