Color photographs help introduce the Florida panther, one of the world's most endangered animals, showing how efforts are being made to preserve the thirty to fifty cats who are left in the Everglades area.
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From School Library Journal
Grade 4-7-Books on this state animal are as rare as this endangered cat itself, so Florida librarians will gladly greet this clear and concise text. There is a good mix of high-interest anecdotes about the panther and the people who study and safeguard it, and of facts and photos that present basic information about the species and its ecological role. Habits and habitat are briefly discussed; history focuses on the panther's endangered status and the efforts to protect it. The controversial captive breeding program is a given rather short shrift, and the Lowry Park Zoo in Tampa, a participant in the program, is not mentioned. On the whole, however, this is a useful and successful presentation on an animal long neglected in children's books.
Susan Oliver, Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library System
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
Susan Oliver, Tampa-Hillsborough County Public Library System
Copyright 1993 Reed Business Information, Inc.
From Kirkus Reviews
A depiction of efforts to study and protect a subspecies of cougar that inhabits remote areas of the Everglades--a subspecies decimated by loss of range, pollution, and automobiles: fewer than 50 Florida panthers remain in the wild. Colorful photos show the panthers in a captive breeding program and naturalists tracking, capturing, and attaching radio collars to the dun-colored cats. Public awareness and support for conservation measures are stressed--for example, when it was determined that a great many panthers were killed crossing ``Alligator Alley'' (an Everglades roadway), a new road was designed with underpasses to protect wildlife from traffic. Clark's writing is sometimes awkward and choppy, but the firsthand accounts from scientists and attractive photos make this a good choice. List of ``Florida Panther Milestones''; index. (Nonfiction. 10-12) -- Copyright ©1993, Kirkus Associates, LP. All rights reserved.
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