Description: Further DetailsTitle: The Cougar ConundrumCondition: NewEAN: 9781610919982ISBN: 9781610919982Publisher: Island PressFormat: PaperbackRelease Date: 12/31/2020Item Height: 229mmItem Length: 152mmAuthor: Mark ElbrochLanguage: EnglishSubtitle: Sharing the World with a Succesful PredatorDescription: 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.Country/Region of Manufacture: USGenre: Science Nature & MathTopic: Home Garden & PetsRelease Year: 2020 Missing Information?Please contact us if any details are missing and where possible we will add the information to our listing.
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Publication Name: The Cougar Conundrum
Title: The Cougar Conundrum
EAN: 9781610919982
ISBN: 9781610919982
Release Date: 12/31/2020
Release Year: 2020
Subtitle: Sharing the World with a Succesful Predator
Country/Region of Manufacture: US
Book Title: Cougar Conundrum : Sharing the World with a Successful Predator
Number of Pages: 280 Pages
Language: English
Publisher: Island Press
Topic: Animals / Big Cats, Environmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Environmental Conservation & Protection, Life Sciences / Zoology / General
Item Height: 0.5 in
Publication Year: 2020
Illustrator: Yes
Genre: Nature, Science
Item Weight: 12.8 Oz
Author: Mark Elbroch
Item Length: 9 in
Item Width: 6 in
Format: Trade Paperback
