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<br><div><br><div>Begin forwarded message:</div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"><blockquote type="cite"><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>From: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">Andrew Steeves <<a href="mailto:andrew@gaspereau.com">andrew@gaspereau.com</a>></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Date: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica">April 16, 2009 1:22:46 PM ADT</font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Subject: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><b>[NatureNS] A Cougar Story</b></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; "><font face="Helvetica" size="3" color="#000000" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica; color: #000000"><b>Reply-To: </b></font><font face="Helvetica" size="3" style="font: 12.0px Helvetica"><a href="mailto:naturens@chebucto.ns.ca">naturens@chebucto.ns.ca</a></font></div><div style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; min-height: 14px; "><br></div> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 14px; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0; "><div><font size="2">On the off chance there's something to this ...</font></div><div><font size="2"></font> </div><div><font size="2">One of the old-timers who hangs out in my printship off and on came in today and told me that a friend of his had emailed him to report that a large male cougar had been struck by a car inland of Liverpool somewhere, either yesterday or recently. He claims to have a photo, though I've not seen it personally. My friend reports that the animal was not fully killed by the blow from the vehicle and that someone from DNR had to come out and shoot it. He quoted a weight in excess of 200 pounds, but I don't know how much fishing story math is involved here.</font></div><div><font size="2"></font> </div><div><font size="2">I can't personally vouch for any of this. But has anyone else heard anything about this alleged incident? I would think that if it were true someone at DNR or one of the biology departments would know about it by now.</font></div><div><font size="2"></font> </div><div><font size="2">Andrew Steeves</font></div><div><font size="2">Wolfville, NS</font></div><div>____________________________________________</div><div><font size="2"></font> </div><div>GASPEREAU PRESS ¶ Printers & Publishers<br>47 Church Avenue, Kentville, NS B4N 2M7<br>TEL: 902 678 6002 <span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="http://www.gaspereau.com" style="color: blue; text-decoration: underline; ">www.gaspereau.com</a><br></div></span></blockquote></div><br></body></html>