Cat Tale: The Wild, Weird Battle to Save the Florida Panther

ISBN: 1335482210

Author: Pittman, Craig

Condition: New

A Garden & Gun Best Book of 2020Witty and passionate. -Lauren GroffCraig Pittman has a remarkable talent for telling stories set in the Sunshine State that never fail to fascinate and entertain.-Gilbert KingThe definitive book on one of Americas least understood apex predators. The story of how Floridas panthers were saved from extinction is one that both deserves and needs to be told. -Dane HuckelbridgeThe captivating tale of the Florida panther, its survival and rescue from extinctionWith 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.