Big Cats
Whittles Publishing (Verlag)
9781849950428 (ISBN)
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Right across Britain, people are making remarkable claims - they are reporting large feral cats resembling panthers, pumas and lynx.
Month after month the sightings continue with citizens from all walks of life having surprise encounters with big cats. They may be driving, walking their dog, or riding a horse, but most reports are consistent and many are emotionally charged - people have encountered a big predator!
How have these cats established themselves? What are their territories, how are they breeding and are numbers viable? This book reviews the evidence and considers the implications of Britain's large cats, for people and for wildlife.
Rick Minter is an environmental consultant specialising in people's attitudes to nature. He helps different groups and individuals explore ways of managing the environment together, and is hired by government bodies, councils, wildlife bodies and community groups. Separately to his day job he advises people on big cats. He runs talks and workshops to discuss big cats and the issues they present. He advises local and national media on the topic, and he networks with other researchers through the Big Cats in Britain group, which studies evidence and reports of the cats. He has chaired expert meetings on the subject, briefed scientific bodies, and pursued sightings with Britain's most experienced trackers. And crucially, he has seen and sensed some of these animals for himself -
Acknowledgements. Preface. Coming to Your Senses; The Lore of the Cats; Seeing and Sensing - the grey evidence; Cat People - the sleuths and trackers; Red in Tooth and Claw - signs of an apex predator; Every Possible Cat - classifying the misfits; How Many Cats and where do they go?; Hidden Wildlife - what counts in the ecosystem?; The Tooth and the Truth - who is in the know?; A Covenant with the Cats; A Calling from the Wildwood; Annex.
| Erscheint lt. Verlag | 9.12.2011 |
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| Zusatzinfo | liberally illustrated, full colour throughout |
| Sprache | englisch |
| Maße | 170 x 240 mm |
| Gewicht | 568 g |
| Themenwelt | Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Natur / Ökologie |
| Sachbuch/Ratgeber ► Natur / Technik ► Naturführer | |
| ISBN-13 | 9781849950428 / 9781849950428 |
| Zustand | Neuware |
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