Stalked by a Mountain Lion: Fear, Fact, and the Uncertain Future of Cougars in America
DEADLY COUGAR ENCOUNTERS\ A mountain lion gives birth under a porch in Boulder, Colorado. Another saunters into the parking garage of a swank hotel in Victoria, British Columbia. In the hills outside Sacramento, the remains of a jogger are found buried in a shallow grave, the story of her violent death told in a confusion of animal tracks and a blood-stained sun visor. A child is snatched on his way to school, his attacker a shadow in the alders, a fixed yellow stare crouching over the boy’s...
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In the 1990s, three times as many people were attacked my mountain lions as had been attacked in the previous century. These shy predators must kill to survive, and in areas where their habitats are shrinking, human-cat encounters are on the rise. Stalked by a Mountain Lion tells the stories of attacks and strange encounters between cougars and people and offers a sensitive look at the often complex issues surrounding their interactions.
Introduction, Chapter 1: California’s Rude Awakening, Chapter 2: Profile of the Killer, Chapter 3: Too Close for Comfort, Chapter 4: Vancouver Island, the Original Hotspot, Chapter 5: A Father’s Nightmare, Chapter 6: The Cougar Stairs, Chapter 7: Hunting the Truth, Chapter 8: The Urban Cougar, Chapter 9: Danger in the Santa Anas, Chapter 10: Demise of the Santa Ana Cougar, Chapter 11: Imagine It’s Your child, Chapter 12: Into the Jaws of Death, Chapter 13: Heroes, Chapter 14: Something Wrong at Cuyamaca, Chapter 15: Lightning Strikes Twice, Chapter 16: The Best Cougar Story, Chapter 17: Stalked, Chapter 18: Hard Truths, Epilogue, Sources, Bibliography, Index
