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Bears in the backyard : big animals, sprawling suburbs, and the new urban jungle / Edward R. Ricciuti.

Title
Bears in the backyard : big animals, sprawling suburbs, and the new urban jungle / Edward R. Ricciuti.
Author
Ricciuti, Edward R.
Publication
  • Woodstock, Vermont : The Countryman Press, [2014]
  • ©2014

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Description
248 pages : illustrations; 24 cm
Summary
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.
Subject
  • Urban animals > United States
  • Urban pests > United States
  • Human-animal relationships > United States
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-239) and index.
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.
ISBN
  • 9781581572179 (hardcover : alk. paper)
  • 1581572174 (hardcover : alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2014008488
OCLC
857405157
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