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Book SynopsisIn 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.
Trade ReviewThis book's gift to its readers is a humbling, sobering, and necessary perspective on nature and on our inability to accomodate its terrible beauty.--Richard Manning, author of Food's Frontier and Inside Passage
Table of ContentsIntroduction, 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
