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Wildlife Reports => Southern Ontario Wildlife => Topic started by: Axeman on July 09, 2010, 12:47:25 AM

Title: Toronto Star Article
Post by: Axeman on July 09, 2010, 12:47:25 AM

I thought this was interesting...not sure how many others caught it:

http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/826635 (http://www.thestar.com/news/ontario/article/826635)

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Post by: Matthew Strimas-Mackey on July 09, 2010, 07:23:24 AM

That's interesting. I know there's all sort of reports and rumours about cougars in Ontario but it's cool to see there's finally some hard evidence.

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Post by: Bird Brain on July 09, 2010, 08:54:36 AM

“The best way to study these animals is to track them down with dogs,” Kenn said. “But since the province has listed them as endangered, we can’t do that.”

Good - leave them alone already!   :evil:

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Post by: Axeman on July 09, 2010, 09:16:30 AM

Unfortunately to protect them, we need to understand more about the population here in Ontario...and that means studying them...

Stuart is VERY passionate about protecting cougars in Ontario...actually everywhere...and he has tremendous knowledge and understanding of cougars. I'm inclined to trust his judgment. I  hope the government considers limited permits to use dogs to track cougars for research.

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Post by: Axeman on July 09, 2010, 10:00:38 AM

Another intersting blog on the net:

http://easterncougar.org/CougarNews/?p=249 (http://easterncougar.org/CougarNews/?p=249)

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Post by: Matthew Strimas-Mackey on July 09, 2010, 10:23:40 AM

@Axeman: You be right about Stuart Kenn but I have to agree with Bird Brain that "track them down with dogs" was a poor choice of words. It's exactly the sort of thing someone who wanted to get rid of them would say. Maybe that's more the fault of the journalist though...