THE ENDANGERED FLORIDA PANTHER
by Margaret Goff Clark
A depiction of efforts to study and protect a subspecies of cougar that inhabits remote areas of the Everglades—a subspecies decimated by loss of range, pollution, and automobiles: fewer than 50 Florida panthers remain in the wild. Colorful photos show the panthers in a captive breeding program and naturalists tracking, capturing, and attaching radio collars to the dun-colored cats. Public awareness and support for conservation measures are stressed—for example, when it was determined that a great many panthers were killed crossing ``Alligator Alley'' (an Everglades roadway), a new road was designed with underpasses to protect wildlife from traffic. Clark's writing is sometimes awkward and choppy, but the firsthand accounts from scientists and attractive photos make this a good choice. List of ``Florida Panther Milestones''; index. (Nonfiction. 10-12)