SOLVED. Cat Culture in nature. [s]

[Aubrey]

This book was written by a lady who's been with cats all her life. The book is about "cat culture", from the cat's POV. That is, how cats have a culture amongst themselves. The book seemed old when I grabbed it in the library. I don't think it's any newer than 2005, probably much older. It's about nature, it wasn't geared towards kids, but it wasn't explicitly adult either.

She talks about the difference in personal space and communication between city-pet cats and country cats.
She talks about how tom cats in the country/feral have multiple wives. She calls them wives and husband rather then mates, like most nature books do. She talks about how multiple queens having one husband can protect their kittens from being killed by other toms. She talks about how neutered males can have multiple wives. The queens will have kittens from other males, but the neutered male will protect the kittens from being killed.

She also went to Africa at some point. She talks about how leopards are the natural predators of humans, as lions are too big and family oriented to bother with us usually. She mentions a tribe who had more leopard related deaths then lions. But she does compare the differences in behavior towards non-man eating lions and man-eating lions when it comes to safaris.

While in Africa, she walks down a road in the savannah and she comes across a leopard. She's scared, but she's more worried about her child/ren down the path. They are camping in tents, I think. So she pushes onwards. The leopard does the leopard equivalent of *ahem* when she keeps walking, which is described as a cough. She stops, pressures forward. The leopard coughs even louder, indicating: "Hey, I'm lying down on this road. I'm not gonna move, so take a different route."

However, she's still scared for her kids, she has to be there with them with a leopard nearby. So she keeps walking. The leopard looks at her in surprise, then gets up and walks away. Her kid(s) are fine.

[Cassidy]

The Warriors series?

[Angela]

The Tribe of Tiger: Cats and Their Culture by Elizabeth Marshall Thomas?

[Kris]

Warriors series by Erin Hunter - Cassidy's suggestion - https://www.goodreads.com/series/8419...

[Aubrey]

You guys, stop advocating Warriors. I've read that series. It is a fiction and for children (though I read it as an adult.)

The book I'm describing is non-fiction, like an autobiography, but not quite, as it's about what she's learned about cat culture. It is adult, but not unfriendly for older kids with good reading skills.

[Aubrey]

I am 90% sure that it's The Tribe of The Tiger. What's throwing me off is the cover: I remember it as being a full forest/jungle with no cats on it. Looking it up on google, there are some green covers, but they don't match my memory. Then again, my memory could be slightly wrong on that.

Edit: Nevermind! I found the cover I read it in:http://thumbs.ebaystatic.com/images/m...

Solved!