Maverick Cats: Encounters With Feral Cats [Paperback]

Ellen Perry Berkeley (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 142 pages
• Publisher: New England Pr Inc (June 1987)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0933050453
• ISBN-13: 978-0933050457
• Product Dimensions: 8.4 x 5.8 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 7.2 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,690,020 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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12 of 12 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Delightful anecdotes and useful feral cat facts, June 12, 2001

By A Customer

This review is from: Maverick Cats: Encounters With Feral Cats (Paperback)

This book is out of print and copyrighted 1987, but it's the only book I found with information regarding a feral cat colony. The author's experiences with the feral cats living around her Vermont home are a delightful insight into the person/cat relationship, and her interest, curiosity, and research regarding the realities of feral cat colonies is incredibly useful to me, as a lay person is just starting to trap, spay/neuter, and return strays and ferals in the Los Angeles area. A must-read!

6 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fine book on feral cats, November 11, 2002

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Joseph Szilagyi (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Maverick Cats: Encounters With Feral Cats (Paperback)

I found this in a Bennington, VT bookstore after my wife Andi pointed it out and bought it right away based on a warm description of how loving a cat could be, even moments after killing and gutting a grouse. Berkeley does a wonderful job of showing that duality of cats, of how at once they're incredibly close to us they are as well as being close to natural hunting machines. Warmly written, funny and touching, she also fills out the book with very well-researched scientific info on feral cats, and cat populations. A must-read if you're a cat person and owner.

5 of 6 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Fine book on feral cats, November 12, 2002

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Joseph Szilagyi (Seattle, WA USA) - See all my reviews
(REAL NAME)   

This review is from: Maverick Cats: Encounters With Feral Cats (Paperback)

I found this in a Bennington, VT bookstore after my wife Andi pointed it out and bought it right away based on a warm description of how loving a cat could be, even moments after killing and gutting a grouse. Berkeley does a wonderful job of showing that duality of cats, of how at once they're incredibly close to us they are as well as being close to natural hunting machines. Warmly written, funny and touching, she also fills out the book with very well-researched scientific info on feral cats, and cat populations. A must-read if you're a cat person and owner.