Web Sites
The Cougar Fund
http://www.cougarfund.org
A nonprofit educational organization dedicated to Protecting America’s greatest cat through the arts, sciences, and literature.
Big Cats Online: Puma
http://dialspace.dial.pipex.com/agarman/puma.htm
Facts, figures, maps, and more.
Mountain Lion Foundation
http://www.mountainlion.org/
A nonprofit conservation and education organization dedicated to protecting the mountain lion.
Confirmed Cougar Attacks In the U.S. and Canada
http://www.frii.com/~mytymyk/lions/attacks.htm
Detailed accounts of dangerous encounters.
Florida Panther Net
http://www.panther.state.fl.us
Learn more about Florida’s elusive and endangered state animal.
A Sad Encounter
http://www.defenders.org/habitat/highways/new/target/call.html
Brian Call’s story of finding a road-killed Florida panther.
Friends of the Florida Panther
http://www.floridapanther.org
Raising public awareness about the endangered cat.
The Florida Panther Society
http://www.panthersociety.org
Organization working to raise public awareness about the panther’s recovery needs.
Books
Blessley, Cara; Mangelsen, Thomas D. SPIRIT OF THE ROCKIES: THE MOUNTAIN LIONS OF JACKSON HOLE. Images of Nature, 1999.
Cox, Daniel. MOUNTAIN LION. New York: Chronicle Books, 1999.
Etling, Kathy. COUGAR ATTACKS: ENCOUNTERS OF THE WORST KIND. New York: Lyons Press, 2001.
Kobalenko, Jerry. FOREST CATS OF NORTH AMERICA. New York: Firefly Books, 1997.
Maehr, David. THE FLORIDA PANTHER: LIFE AND DEATH OF A VANISHING CARNIVORE. Washington, D.C.: Island Press, 1997.
Olson, Dennis. COUGARS: SOLITARY SPIRITS. San Francisco: NorthWord Press, 1996.
