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Cougar is being tracked AUREN RUVINSKY writer@pqbnews.com
Officials in District 69 are eager to find a cougar that has been seen numerous times in the daylight. “It’s becoming too comfortable with people,” said conservation officer Jeff Tyre on site at the Cedar Grove campground on the Little Qualicum River Friday morning after a camper got a picture of it around 7:30 a.m. “It followed a youth along a trail in the dark last night,” he said and it has been seen numerous times across the northwest end of town over the past week. While there haven’t been any attacks on humans or even pets or domestic animals reported yet, Add your COMMENTS at they are www.pqbnews.com worried enough that they brought in a dog team to search for it. The dogs were unsuccessful due to the warm temperature obscuring the scent and the two or three hours between the sighting and getting the dogs on scene. Tyre said he believes it is a single cougar since only one at a time has been seen and the sightings are all close together compared to the size of cougar territories that can cover as much as 1,000 sq.km. “Humans are not natural prey for cougars, they’re looking for things on four legs,” Tyre said. He urges people to call them right away with as exact a location and direction of travel as possible. Report sightings to 1-877-952-RAPP (7277).
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Stilwell sets a record Wheelchair racer Michelle Stilwell looks to win two gold medals in London
LONDON — Michelle Stilwell of Parksville, on Saturday won Canada’s second track and field and Canada’s eighth medal overall at the London 2012 Paralympic Games. Stilwell won gold in the women’s T52 classification 200-metres in a new Paralympic Games record time of 33.80 seconds. “From the beginning the crowd had a roar and the roar kept going, I’m so happy right now, I’ve put everything into this for the last four years,” said Stilwell. “My whole family is here and I couldn’t be happier to share this with them.” Stilwell is well on her way in repeating her feat of double gold at the Paralympic Games. At the 2008 Games she took first in the T52 wheelchair 100 and 200-metres. Having just won gold in the 200-metres she’ll now prepare and look forward to the 100-metres final which is set for Wednesday, September 5. — Canadian Paralympic Committee
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