Lynley Cannon, star of the Crazy Cat Lady cozy mystery series, is often referred to as a crazy cat lady herself, but when it comes to the feline species, this sixty-something cat shelter volunteer knows her stuff. Check here each Friday for instructive and intriguing information on our favorite subject: cats!

By nature, the big cats are elusive and reclusive, preferring to avoid all contact with humans. Though they will fight to protect themselves and their kits, there have been only 88 confirmed attacks on humans between 1890 and 2004 in the US and Canada, and of those, only twenty were fatal. Though cougars were once found in all forty-eight states, now only fifteen are home to them.

~Copy Cats, chapter

Check out more of Lynley’s kitty tips, tricks, and facts preceding each chapter in CATS’ EYES, COPY CATS, CAT’S PAW, and CAT CALL.