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The Cougar Conundrum - Sharing the World with a Succesful Predator (Paperback)
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The Cougar Conundrum - Sharing the World with a Succesful Predator (Paperback)
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The relationship between humans and mountain lions has always been
uneasy. A century ago, mountain lions were vilified as a threat to
livestock and hunted to the verge of extinction. In recent years,
this keystone predator has made a remarkable comeback with the help
of enlightened wildlife management policies and protection under
the Endangered Species Act. But its recovery has led to an
unexpected conundrum: Do more mountain lions mean they're a threat
to humans and domestic animals? Or, are mountain lions still in
need of our help and protection as their habitat dwindles and
they're forced into the edges and crevices of communities to
survive? Carnivore expert Mark Elbroch welcomes these tough
questions. He dismisses long-held myths about mountain lions and
uses ground-breaking science to uncover important new information
about their social habits. Elbroch argues that humans and mountain
lions can peacefully coexist in close proximity if we ignore
uninformed hype and instead arm ourselves with knowledge and common
sense. He walks us through the realities of human safety in the
presence of mountain lions, livestock safety, competition with
hunters for deer and elk, and threats to rare species, dispelling
the paranoia with facts and logic. In the last few chapters, he
touches on human impacts on mountain lions and the need for a
sensible management strategy. The result, he argues, is a win-win
for humans, mountain lions, and the ecosystems that depend on
keystone predators to keep them in healthy balance. The Cougar
Conundrum delivers a clear-eyed assessment of a modern wildlife
challenge, offering practical advice for wildlife managers,
conservationists, hunters, and those in the wildland-urban
interface who share their habitat with large predators.
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