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Cover photography by © Don Johnston_MA/Alamy Stock Photo, back (top middle); © Donald M. Jones/Minden Pictures/Getty Images, front (top left); © Fred LaBounty/Alamy Stock Photo, back (top right); © John Foxx/Getty Images, front (top right); © Juniors Bildarchiv/GmbH/Alamy Stock Photo, back (bottom right); © Mike Lentz Photography/www.mikelentzphotography.com, back (top left & bottom left); © Robert McGouey/Wildlife/Alamy Stock Photo, front (bottom)
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Illustrations by © Elayne Sears, 117, 242–255, and scat
Maps, tracks, silhouettes, and graphics by Ilona Sherratt
© 2017 by Janet Vorwald Dohner
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April 26, 2017
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Dohner, Janet Vorwald, 1951- author.
Title: The encyclopedia of animal predators : learn about each predator’s
traits and behaviors; identify the tracks and signs of more than 50
predators; protect your livestock, poultry, and pets / Janet Vorwald Dohner.
Description: North Adams, Massachusetts : Storey Publishing, 2017. | Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2016059717 (print) | LCCN 2017004014 (ebook) | ISBN 9781612127057 (hardcover : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781612126999 (pbk. : alk. paper) | ISBN 9781612127002 (ebook)
Subjects: LCSH: Predatory animals. | Predatory animals--Control.
Classification: LCC QL758 .D64 2017 (print) | LCC QL758 (ebook) | DDC
591.5/3—dc23
LC record available at https://lccn.loc.gov/2016059717