"A look at cougars, including their habitats, physical characteristics such as their tawny coats, behaviors, relationships with humans, and protected status as a game animal in the world today"--Provided by publisher

Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, and life cycle of the mountain lion

A thrilling, suspenseful account of a lifetime spent as a professional cougar killer-with fascinating sidelights on forking rattlers, tracking deer, catching trout, and many secrets of hunting and fishing lore.

The parallel stories of one female cougar and her offspring and the filming of the same. Prepared in conjunction with an ABC documentary, filmmaker Dutcher and writer McCall relate (in text and 70 striking color photographs) their experience with Catrina, a pregnant cougar taken from the Boise Zoo and released into a five-acre enclosure in Idaho's White Cloud Mountains, where she bore and raised three kittens. They also make clear, however, the devastating...

"In Montana's Gravelly Range, paw prints and a single whisker discovered at a scene of horrific violence suggest a woman had been attacked and carried away by a mountain lion. Sheriff Martha Ettinger employs her fiancé, sometimes-detective Sean Stranahan, to put a name to the gnawed bones comprising all that is left of the body. The woman's is the first of several deaths that Sean suspects are not as easily explained as they appear. As a reign of...

Traces, from his birth to his death many years later, the continuous struggle for survival of a large American mountain lion as he hunts and is hunted.

Describes the physical characteristics, hunting methods, and distribution of cougars and their relationship with humans

Describes the life cycle, habits, and endangered status of the animal known as the cougar, mountain lion, puma, or panther.