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Title Statement: |
Cougar! / Harold P. Danz. |
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Description: |
xv, 310 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 285-302) and index. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Summary: A comprehensive study of cougars that documents more than 150 cougar attacks on humans, discusses how they are threatened by human civilization, and examines the political policies designed to protect their habitat. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Genesis of the Species -- A Cat of Many Names -- Characteristics of the Cougar -- Relationships within the Animal Kingdom -- The Native American and the Cougar -- The Cougar Hunters -- The Vanishing Wilderness -- Danger to Humans -- Life in Urban America -- The Future of the Cougar -- Distribution and Occurrence -- Reported Human Fatalities from Cougar Attacks -- Reported Cougar Attacks on Humans Not Leading to Human Fatality. |
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Additional Physical Forms: |
Online version: Danz, Harold P. Cougar! Athens, OH : Swallow Press : Ohio University Press, 1999 (OCoLC)948512827 |