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Wow😧 wow😧 wow😧!! Such a beautiful, touching story, based on the life of P-22—a very handsome cougar who lived in Griffith Park in the Santa Monica Mountains of Los Angeles. He became "famous" for a National Geographic photograph taken of him with the Hollywood sign in the background. P-22's 23-square-kilometre habitat was the smallest range ever recorded for an adult cougar—so small (by a factor of 31), that the National Parks Service noted it was unlikely he'd ever find a mate there. Perhaps that's why the author took a bit of artistic licence in the book by portraying the cougar as queer.

I LOVED the cougar and loved this book!! It’s quite a short book, and several reviews exist on this page that will outline it very well. But instead of reviewing it, I’d like to just say a few things about cougars and all animals who've been forced to share their homes with humans:

P-22 was a very beautiful, intelligent cougar (aka mountain lion, puma, panther, etc.). He was thought to have been struck by a vehicle while crossing one of LA's freeways. Soon after, he was caught and, sadly, had to be euthanised due to his traumatic injuries. He was just one of millions of animals who have been, and are still being, displaced from their territories—every day and nearly to the point of extinction—by selfish, ignorant humans who care little for anything or anyone but themselves, their money, and their bloody cell phones. So, please, PUT THAT PHONE DOWN and look around! Take a look at the world around you and gain some appreciation for this exquisite planet we've inherited. Take a good, long, hard look at it, because if we continue on the path we're on, it will not be here for long! Please smarten up, pay attention, and grow a heart! In the words of my favourite naturalist, Sir David Attenborough, ��We can now destroy or we can cherish, the choice is ours.��

5 “Please... choose-to-cherish�� stars ⭐⭐⭐⭐��