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<p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><b><font size=3
face="Times New Roman"><span style='font-size:12.0pt;font-weight:bold'>The </span></font></b><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Cape Cod</span></b><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>
</span></b><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Museum</span></b><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'> of </span></b><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Natural
History</span></b><b><span style='font-weight:bold'> <br>
Presents<br>
Mountain Lions in </span></b><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>New England</span></b><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'><br>
Sunday, May 17 </span></b><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>7
pm</span></b><b><span style='font-weight:bold'><br>
<br>
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: </span></b><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>April 14,
2009</span></b><b><span style='font-weight:bold'><br>
Contact: Julie O’Neil 508-896-3867 or <a
href="mailto:adminsupprt@ccmnh.org">adminsupport@ccmnh.org</a></span></b></p>
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On Sunday, May 17 at 7 pm the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History will
present <i><span style='font-style:italic'>Mountain Lions in New England</span></i>
with Bill Betty, a mountain lion advocate from Rhode Island. $3/Member,
$5/ Non-Member<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>.</span></b> Seating is
limited. Call the Museum at 508-896-3867 to register for this exciting program.<br>
<br>
Mr. Betty will give a ninety-minute PowerPoint presentation that covers all
aspects of cougar behavior from reproduction to predation, from life span to
habituation. Sport hunting, reproduction, pets, predation, and habituation will
be covered in detail. The various theories explaining how cougars have
rapidly occupied the Northeast will be discussed. His narrative of close
encounters with nature's perfect predator in the </span></font>Ocean State
gives compelling testimony to the presence of these animals in our region.<br>
<br>
The Mountain Lion, also know as the Cougar, Panther, Puma, or Catamount, is the
most widely distributed mammal in the Americas, from deserts to humid coast
range forest, and from sea level to 10,000- foot elevations. This often elusive
animal occupies areas adjacent to towns and cities and makes occasional
appearances in suburban backyards. In North America, cougars were nearly driven
to extinction in the East and in the last century, they were limited to Florida
and a dozen states in the West. But now the big cats are making a
comeback. <br>
<br>
Mr. Betty is very knowledgeable and a fascinating speaker with more than a
dozen sightings and close encounters in the last thirty-five years with
America's most shy and secretive animal. Many show-and-tell items such as a
skull, tracking maps, a motion detection camera, cougar lures, scat samples and
various books and pamphlets will be available for attendees to examine.
Part of this program will include a segment on how to recover evidence as well
as advice on where and when to search for this fascinating mammal. <br>
<b><span style='font-weight:bold'>For further information, please contact the </span></b><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'>Cape Cod</span></b><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>
</span></b><b><span style='font-weight:bold'>Museum</span></b><b><span
style='font-weight:bold'> of Natural History,<br>
508-896-3867, Ext. 133.<br>
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