[SEMCO] CCMNH Mountain Lions in New England

[The Gilligans]

The Cape Cod Museum of Natural History 
Presents
Mountain Lions in New England
Sunday, May 17    7 pm
 
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: April 14, 2009
Contact: Julie O'Neil 508-896-3867 or adminsupport at ccmnh.org
<mailto:adminsupprt at ccmnh.org> 

 
On Sunday, May 17 at 7 pm the Cape Cod Museum of Natural History will
present  Mountain Lions in New England with Bill Betty, a mountain lion
advocate from Rhode Island.  $3/Member, $5/ Non-Member. Seating is limited.
Call the Museum at 508-896-3867 to register for this exciting program.
 
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 Ocean State gives
compelling testimony to the presence of these animals in our region.
 
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.  
 
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.  
For further information, please contact the Cape Cod Museum of Natural
History,
508-896-3867, Ext. 133.
 
  

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