Marianne Taylor: Tracking the Highland Tiger

Cover: 9781472954374 | Tracking the Highland Tiger | In Search of Scottish Wildcats | Taylor

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Beschreibung

A mysterious and rarely seen beast, the Scottish Wildcat is Britain's rarest mammal, and one of the most endangered carnivores in the world.

Over the centuries, one by one, Britain's most formidable wild animals have fallen to the thoughtless march of humankind. A war on predators put paid to our lynxes, wolves and bears, each hunted relentlessly until the last of them was killed. Only our wildcats lived on.

The Scottish wildcat's guile and ferocity are the stuff of legend. No docile pet cat, this, but a cunning and shadowy animal, elusive to the point of invisibility, but utterly fearless when forced to fight for its life. Those who saw one would always remember its beauty - the cloak of dense fur marked with bold tiger stripes, the green-eyed stare and haughty sneer, and the broad, banded tail whisking away into the forest's gloom.

Driven to the remnants of Scotland's wilderness, the last few wildcats now face the most insidious danger of all as their domesticated cousins threaten to dilute their genes into oblivion. However, the wildest of cats has friends and goodwill behind it. This book tells the story of how the wildcat of the wildwood became the endangered Scottish wildcat, of how it once lived and lives now, and of how we - its greatest enemy - are now striving to save it in its darkest hour.

Über den Autor

Marianne Taylor is a life-long wildlife-watcher who lives by the sea in south-east Kent, UK. Since 2007 she has worked as a freelance writer, photographer and illustrator, focusing on wildlife and nature and, particularly, British birds. Her books include RSPB Pocket guide to British Birds, RSPB Garden Birds, The Way of the Hare and Dragonflight. She has a particular fondness for seabirds (even gulls) and is also a keen year-round sea-swimmer, at home and in other locations around the UK coast. Because of this, she has impressive tolerance to cold, a large collection of neoprene gloves and socks, and permanently messy hair.

Zusammenfassung

Written by a well-established author and photographer, with elements of her journey weaving with the narrative

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Prologue - gatita fiera
1. A Cat in Context - evolution, relationship
2. Wild Tales - myth and legend

Trip 1: Speyside, 2013
3. Born to Kill - biology of cats and wildcats

Trip 2: Ardnamurchan, 2013
4. Life Unseen - how wildcats live

Trip 3: Speyside, 2014
5. A Bloody History - humans and wildcats in conflict

Trip 4: Speyside and Beyond, 2015
6. Of Cats Tame and Wild - wildcats and domestic cats

Trip 5: Ardanmurchan, 2016
7. Salvage Operation - conservation efforts to date

Trip 6: Speyside, 2018
8. An Uncertain Future - population, projects

Acknowledgements
Further Information
Index

Details

Erscheinungsjahr:	2021
Fachbereich:	Zoologie
Genre:	Biologie , Importe
Rubrik:	Naturwissenschaften & Technik
Medium:	Taschenbuch
Inhalt:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
ISBN-13:	9781472954374
ISBN-10:	1472954378
Sprache:	Englisch
Einband:	Kartoniert / Broschiert
Autor:	Taylor, Marianne
Hersteller:	Bloomsbury USA
Verantwortliche Person für die EU:	Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße:	191 x 124 x 20 mm
Von/Mit:	Marianne Taylor
Erscheinungsdatum:	27.07.2021
Gewicht:	0,227 kg

Artikel-ID: 117244091