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Beth Pratt-Bergstrom
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Fitchburg, Mass, The United States
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Milan Kundera, Annie Dillard, Craig Childs, John Steinbeck, Stephen Ki
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When Mountain Lions Are Neighbors: People and Wildlife Working It Out in California
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“P-22 just may be the Neil Armstrong of his kind. A quick glance at his route on a map shows he had to be a bit mad to even attempt his journey. To get to his new territory of Griffith Park, he must cross two of the busiest freeways in the United States. Imagine soft, padded paws fitted for bounding over snow and boulders touching the asphalt of the first eight-lane highway, known as one of the worst roads in the country. Even in the middle of the night, the 405 never slows, and the highway thrums with mechanical noise and explodes with the mad dance of headlights. When faced with the living, breathing monster of the 405, most cats do an abrupt about-face, or get mangled by a few tons of moving steel. But P-22, with his tenacity, or luck, or both, somehow manages to cross. There is no way of knowing how he navigates the formidable obstacle of the road, whether he uses an under- or overpass or bolts straight across. All have been attempted by other cats, and many haven’t lived to tell the tale.”
― When Mountain Lions Are Neighbors: People and Wildlife Working It Out in California
― When Mountain Lions Are Neighbors: People and Wildlife Working It Out in California
“In 1990, California residents passed Proposition 117, known as the California Wildlife Protection Act, which reclassified the lion as a “specially protected mammal”and banned the hunting of lions in the Golden State—this even though mountain lions are neither endangered nor threatened in most of California. California is the only state to date that has banned the hunting of lions. Admittedly, not every resident of the Golden State expresses awe and wonderment at seeing the trademark flick of a cougar’s tail, yet even the rare attack does not deter the unwavering support of the majority, who enjoy having cougars on the landscape. P-22 prospering in Hollywoodland serves as just one example of Californians’ affection toward the cat.”
― When Mountain Lions Are Neighbors: People and Wildlife Working It Out in California
― When Mountain Lions Are Neighbors: People and Wildlife Working It Out in California
“In a state where 90 percent of people live in urbanized areas, where wildlife is running out of space, and where people are becoming increasingly disconnected from nature, the mountain lion in a city park provides hope for a new breed of relationship with nature, not the hands-off, take-care-not-to-anthropomorphize, us-verses-them way that scientists have preached for so long. This doesn’t mean approaching P-22 and giving him a friendly pat. But it does mean seeing wildlife as part of the landscape, as part of our neighborhoods. Wildlife isn’t just about idyllic nature settings, or science or environmentalism, it’s about art and culture and history and spirituality. In Los Angeles, wildlife is about coexistence, about human and nonhuman residents sharing space and adapting to life together in this grand metropolis. It is a coexistence that is fraught with difficulty, and that doesn’t always have a happy ending, especially for the wildlife (don’t fret—just wait for the sequel), but that ultimately can be beneficial to all.”
― When Mountain Lions Are Neighbors: People and Wildlife Working It Out in California
― When Mountain Lions Are Neighbors: People and Wildlife Working It Out in California
