One large cat bounded up the side of the outcrop to stand in full view on an overhanging boulder. She stared down at them, inside their protective enclosure, tilting her head from side to side. Her scarred yellow-brown coat was immaculately groomed, but the long tufting hair of her snout was matted with the bright red smear of unconcealed blood from a recent kill. Her upper lip curved over the top of foot-long saber teeth.

America Túwaqachi: The Saga of an American Family