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Cat tale : the wild, weird battle to save the Florida panther / Craig Pittman.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: Toronto, Ontario : Hanover Square Press, [2020]Copyright date: ©2020Description: 336 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781335938800
  • 133593880X
Subject(s):
Contents:
Cat under glass -- The cat of God -- Pantherland -- The hunter -- The state animal -- Mouth to mouth -- The turbo-vet -- The new Mr. Panther -- Medicine man -- Bottleneck -- "Extinction is God's plan" -- The vortex -- The captives -- Hail Mary -- "Florida will be developed" -- Mr. Influential -- The showdown -- The verdict -- The whistleblower -- The skunk ape's scapegoat -- The wanderers -- Cat cam bingo.
Summary: "It wasn't so long ago when a lot of people thought the Florida panther was extinct. They were very nearly right. That the panther still exists at all is a miracle--the result of a desperate experiment that led to the most remarkable comeback in the history of the Endangered Species Act. And no one has told the whole story--until now. With novelistic detail and an eye for the absurd, Craig Pittman recounts the extraordinary story of the people who brought the panther back from the brink of extinction, the ones who nearly pushed the species over the edge, and the cats that were caught in the middle"-- Publisher's description.
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Adult Book Adult Book Main Library NonFiction 599.7524 P689 Available 33111009593191
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Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

A Garden & Gun Best Book of 2020



"Witty and passionate." --Lauren Groff



"Craig Pittman has a remarkable talent for telling stories set in the Sunshine State that never fail to fascinate and entertain."--Gilbert King



"The definitive book on one of America's least understood apex predators. The story of how Florida's panthers were saved from extinction is one that both deserves and needs to be told." --Dane Huckelbridge



It wasn't so long ago when a lot of people thought the Florida panther was extinct. They were very nearly right. That the panther still exists at all is a miracle--the result of a desperate experiment that led to the most remarkable comeback in the history of the Endangered Species Act. And no one has told the whole story--until now.



With novelistic detail and an eye for the absurd, Craig Pittman recounts the extraordinary story of the people who brought the panther back from the brink of extinction, the ones who nearly pushed the species over the edge, and the cats that were caught in the middle. This being Florida, there's more than a little weirdness, too.



An engrossing narrative of wry humor, sharp writing and exhaustive reportage, Cat Tale shows what it takes to bring one species back and what unexpected costs such a decision brings.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 293-324) and index.

"It wasn't so long ago when a lot of people thought the Florida panther was extinct. They were very nearly right. That the panther still exists at all is a miracle--the result of a desperate experiment that led to the most remarkable comeback in the history of the Endangered Species Act. And no one has told the whole story--until now. With novelistic detail and an eye for the absurd, Craig Pittman recounts the extraordinary story of the people who brought the panther back from the brink of extinction, the ones who nearly pushed the species over the edge, and the cats that were caught in the middle"-- Publisher's description.

Cat under glass -- The cat of God -- Pantherland -- The hunter -- The state animal -- Mouth to mouth -- The turbo-vet -- The new Mr. Panther -- Medicine man -- Bottleneck -- "Extinction is God's plan" -- The vortex -- The captives -- Hail Mary -- "Florida will be developed" -- Mr. Influential -- The showdown -- The verdict -- The whistleblower -- The skunk ape's scapegoat -- The wanderers -- Cat cam bingo.

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