Bears in the Backyard
Big Animals, Sprawling Suburbs, and the New Urban Jungle
Woodstock, Vermont : The Countryman Press, [2014]
Format: Book
Description: 248 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
As human population centers sprawl out into once open lands, and as conservation efforts help devastated wildlife populations recover, humans are having more frequent interactions with large and often dangerous wild animals. This book examines the reasons for and often violent consequences of these encounters; it might have you rethinking your decision to buy a home in that convenient new subdivision.
Contents:
The big cat is back: return of the cougar -- Cougar attacks and how to survive them -- Reap what you sow: how the environmental movement and urban sprawl triggered the animal invasion -- Coyote on the cul-de-sac: coyotes in cities and new wolves in the woods -- That's not big bird at your feeder: an abundance of bruins -- Deadliest of all?: dangerous deer and marauding moose -- Gators on the golf course: will success spoil the American alligator? -- Alien invasion: will global warming trigger a plague of serpents? -- Prowling poisoners: the venomous snakes next door -- Peaceful coexistence: searching for a balance.
Subjects:
Urban animals -- United States.
Urban pests -- United States.
Human-animal relationships -- United States.
Urban animals -- United States.
Urban pests -- United States.
Human-animal relationships -- United States.
ISBN:
9781581572179 (hardcover : alk. paper)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
ANIMALS Ric | Main (Downtown) | Third Level, Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-239) and index.