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

\nA Garden & Gun Best Book of 2020 \nWitty and passionate. --Lauren Groff \n \nCraig Pittman has a remarkable talent for telling stories set in the Sunshine State that never fail to fascinate and entertain.--Gilbert King \n \nThe definitive book on one of America's least understood apex predators. The story of how Florida's panthers were saved from extinction is one that both deserves and needs to be told. --Dane Huckelbridge \n \nThe captivating tale of the Florida panther, its survival and rescue from extinction \n \nWith 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. \n \nAn 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.\n