Headline story from Moncton times transcript oct /8/07 reads Cougar sighted near Monteagle , big cat crossed path of motorist as he was driving towards old fredricton road , this happened on sept 20th mans name is Chuck Gillis he said it was about 4 1/2 ft long and tail was 3 1/2 ft long what will they think of next ?

I asked a Conservaation officer in chuch the other day if the MNR is stocking cougar In ontario he said flat out no he said all the sightings in Ontario and I would Imagine NB were all a result of escaped animals So I asked him if it was allright to shoot one and there would be no problems. He told me not to shoot them . Makes you wonder whats going on.
F.K.

Hey

I saw one last fall between the Half Way and Renous on the Renous Highway. It crossed the road around 2AM was running low to the ground. Its tail and the way it scurred into the ditch trotting like my house cat was a giveaway.

At Christmas i spoke with my cousin who hauls timber out of the Renous area and he said he saw one near a beaverbog...it was black and at first he thought it was a bear until he got close enough to see it get up and run off.

I saw a black and white picture taken in the 50's showing my uncles brother after he shot a black one in the Plaster Rock area.

So yes they are there...but probably in low numbers

Cougars in Nova Scotia I have seen 3 of them in my years of hunting...1 full grown and 2 young ...all in different lacations

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