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S21 Ep6

Trail of the Cougar

Premiere: 12/15/2002

Profiles the "king cat" and its struggle for survival.

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NATURE’s Trail of the Cougar profiles the “king cat” and its struggle for survival.

Hunted almost to extinction over the past three centuries, cougars are making a comeback today, with some 30,000 living in the wilds of North and South America. But still they face uncertain prospects, as human encroachment continues to shrink their natural habitats. Doggedly tracking these magnificent animals, once known as the “king cat,” filmmaker Ron Shade provides an incisive look at their prospects for survival in Trail of the Cougar.

Frequently referred to as mountain lions in some regions, cougars formerly roamed freely throughout the Americas, staking out the largest habitat of any New World mammal. But with their wilderness homes continuing to disappear, the normally secretive and solitary creatures often wander into human communities today, with sometimes amusing and sometimes tragic results.

Production Credits

Television Credits

Narrated by
SALLY KELLERMAN

Producers
LYNN DOUGHERTY
LOYE MILLER
BRUCE NORFLEET
RON SHADE

Writer
LYNN DOUGHERTY

Editor
LOYE MILLER

Natural History Cinematography
RON SHADE

Original Music
LENNY WILLIAMS

Co-Producer
CARA BIEGA

Field Producers
KEVIN McCAREY
JEFF MORALES

Additional Cinematography
ROBERT CREESE
GARY ECKERT
RUDY KOVANIC
MICHAEL MAYERS
JEFF MORALES
MARK PETERSSON
ROBERT POOLE

Sound Recordists
ERIC DAVIS
AMY M. HINMAN
JOHN MARTIN
JEFF MEESE
MARSHALL STOUFFER
JANET URBAN
DAVID WELLS

Assistant Camera
MICHAEL McCLEAN
DAVID RASMUSSEN
MARSHALL STOUFFER

Associate Producers
AMY M. HINMAN
KITTY MORGAN

Production Managers
CARLYN GRAY
DEBORAH LONDON-HARRINGTON
ANDREA NIX

Production Coordinator
JOEY ALLEN

Researcher
SUZANNE ARNOLD-ENNIS

Maps and Animation
JOHN DEAN
MICHAEL LENTZ

Sound Design & Mix
MIKE KELLY
ROB FARIA
NELSON FUNK

Online Editor
VICKY BRADEN

Colorist
LAUREN MESCHTER

Director of Post Production Operations
CHICO ARNALDO-GUIZAR

Post Production Coordinator
ABIGAIL TANNEBAUM

Post Production Manager
AVERI LIVINGSTON GRAY

Assistant Editors
DAN COOPER
ALISON SPRAY

Special Thanks:
BC Ministry of Environment, Lands and Parks
The Empress Hotel
Jim Corbett
Hornocker Wildlife Institute
Yellowstone National Park
James Billie, Chairman, Seminole Tribe Of Florida
Native Village, Hollywood, Fl
Florida Fish and Wildlife
Conservation Commission
Bill Greer
Darrell Land
Mark Lotz
Ken Evans Ford Mercury Sales Ltd.
Brian Beck
Amanda Karrh
The Westgard Family

Stock Footage/Stills:
Hungry Horse Films Inc
Chek Television Ltd
BCTV
ABC/Kane Productions
Jeff Hogan
Vitoria Times-Colonist
The Family of Chance Beebe
Hugh Miles

For National Geographic Television

Executive Producers
CHRISTINE WEBER
KEENAN SMART

Senior Vice-President
J. NICOLL DURRIE

President
TIM KELLY

For NATURE

Series Editor
JANET HESS

Supervising Producer
JANICE YOUNG

Producers
PATTY JACOBSON
JILL CLARKE
SUSANE LEE

Associate Producer
GIANNA SAVOIE

Production Assistant
IRENE TEJARATCHI

Production Secretary
AUSTIN RIPLEY

Manager
EILEEN FRAHER

Production Manager
JULIE SCHAPIRO THORMAN

Series Producer
BILL MURPHY

Executive in Charge
WILLIAM GRANT

Executive Producer
FRED KAUFMAN

A Co-Production of Thirteen/WNET New York and National Geographic Television in association with Trebitsch Produktion International, GMBH

This program was produced by Thirteen/WNET New York, which is solely responsible for its content.

 

Web Credits

Producer
RONNIE GODEANU

Art Director
SABINA DALEY

Designers
LENNY DROZNER
KAREN MATTSON
RADIK SHVARTS

Pagebuilding
BRIAN SANTALONE

Writer
DAVID MALAKOFF

Production Artist
RUIYAN XU

Production Assistance
PETER TIERNEY

Technical Director
BRIAN LEE

Content Consultant
Susane Lee

About the Writer

David Malakoff is a journalist covering research discoveries and the politics of science for SCIENCE MAGAZINE in Washington, D.C. His writing has appeared in a wide range of venues, including THE ECONOMIST, THE WASHINGTON POST, and ABCNews.com.

Thirteen Online is a production of Thirteen/WNET New York’s Kravis Multimedia Education Center in New York City. Dan Goldman, Executive Director, thirteen.org. Bob Adleman, Business Manager.

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