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Summary: Cat Attacks
Review: This book is a needed dose of reality for those who venture into lion (cougar) country. It is well reseached and documented with the details of fatal and non-fatal lion attacks. The book also has a lot of good research data on lions and their behavior that is informative. As the authors admit these attacks are unusual but they do occur, and the information given in public service brochures on being safe in lion country is not as helpful as one might be led to believe. Having hunted lions on several occassions and been stalked and hunted by one of them on one occassion makes it refreshing to read a well documented account of the darker side of some of these cats. If you spend any time at all in lion country, even a short hike from your car along a park trail, you need to read this book.
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Summary: Cat Attacks: True Stories and Hard Lessons-Very Hard Lessons
Review: This book is full of helpful research and terrifying stories. My son and I both had cougar encounters in 1999 and felt lucky to escape injury. Our story is reported on pages 173,174 of the book. The account is accurate and to the point with no embelishment or distortion.After reading the book I felt reassured that encounters (and even sightings) are so rare. Never-the-less the impact of our encounter will live with us forever. The deep forest is not so comfortable after a person has been face to face with a mountain lion. I have heard from two different big cat tamers, that high pitched air horns are very effective in driving big cats away. They train lions, tigers, and leopards. They report that a boat horn with compressed air is used by them when they get into dangerous situations. That's pretty cheap...insurance. Reportedly does not work on bears though. They assume it's a threat. This should have been mentioned in the book.
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Summary: Chilling and Reassuring
Review: This book is full of helpful research and terrifying stories. My son and I both had cougar encounters in 1999 and felt lucky to escape injury. Our story is reported on pages 173,174 of the book. The account is accurate and to the point with no embelishment or distortion. After reading the book I felt reassured that encounters (and even sightings) are so rare. Never-the-less the impact of our encounter will live with us forever. The deep forest is not so comfortable after a person has been face to face with a mountain lion. I have heard from two different big cat tamers, that high pitched air horns are very effective in driving big cats away. They train lions, tigers, and leopards. They report that a boat horn with compressed air is used by them when they get into dangerous situations. That's pretty cheap...insurance. Reportedly does not work on bears though. They assume it's a threat. This should have been mentioned in the book.
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Summary: An Eye-opening Account!
Review: We live in "cougar country," and thought we were well informed on their habits and behavior. Reading this book revealed just how mis-informed we were! Anyone who plans to be anywhere near an area inhabited by these animals needs to read this book. For that matter, anyone who lives in one of these areas should read it, it might save their life. I cannot stress this too strongly!
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Summary: An Eye-opening Account!
Review: We live in "cougar country," and thought we were well informed on their habits and behavior. Reading this book revealed just how mis-informed we were! Anyone who plans to be anywhere near an area inhabited by these animals needs to read this book. For that matter, anyone who lives in one of these areas should read it, it might save their life. I cannot stress this too strongly!
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