Eastern Cougar Foundation's combined statement
www.easterncougar.org - 16 Mar 2007
Marc Gauthier (2006, 2007B) informs us that there are three confirmations from
Quebec’s Eastern Counties near the US border that are not on CN’s map. In April
1996 a lactating female was hit by a truck near East-Hereford village, less than
one mile from the New Hampshire border. On April 7, 2007, CN said, “We have
made inquiries to the Quebec provincial authorities but have not yet heard back.” (Miller 2007).
Two additional records, presumably from one individual cougar, were recorded
by Gauthier’s hair poles in January and March 2002 in the Canadian part of
Vermont’s Green Mountains. Hair samples were confirmed by DNA analysis by
Dr. François-Joseph Lapointe at the University of Montreal Laboratory. Gauthier
(2007B) said, “We cannot reveal the exact site, since our client choose to keep it
confidential .” CN is not investigating these records because the locality is
“secret” (Miller 2007).
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