Living with Wildlife: How to Enjoy, Cope with, and Protect North America's Wild Creatures Around Your Home and Theirs
Ever wonder what you should do in an encounter with a bear in your backyard? Or how to prevent woodpeckers from hammering away at your siding, deer from eating your garden, or snakes from taking up residence in your home? This well-researched volume not only answers these questions but also identifies and describes more than 100 North American wildlife species ranging from armadillos to mockingbirds to water snakes. Provided for each animal is information on range, habitat, enemies, and defenses, as well as proven suggestions on how to observe the creature and how to solve in a humane way any problems resulting from human-wildlife interactions. Introductory chapters offer a concise history of wildlife conservation in the United States, suggestions on how to make our homes and our planet more hospitable to wildlife, and advice on what to do when one finds injured, sick, or abandoned animals. An excellent reference for anyone interested in wildlife. Highly recommended.Lynn C. Badger, Univ. of Florida Lib., GainesvilleCopyright 1994 Reed Business Information, Inc.