Bears in the backyard
Subtitle: big animals, sprawling suburbs, and the new urban jungle
By: Edward R. Ricciuti
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9781581572179
Subjects: Dangerous animals; Human-animal relationships; Urban pests; Urban animals; Suburban animals
Description: 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.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-239) and index.
Table of contents: title: The big cat is back : return of the cougar; title: Cougar attacks and how to survive them; title: Reap what you sow : how the environmental movement and urban sprawl triggered the animal invasion; title: Coyote on the cul-de-sac : coyotes in cities and new wolves in the woods; title: That's not Big Bird at your feeder : an abundance of bruins-; title: Deadliest of all? : dangerous deer and marauding moose; title: Gators on the golf course : will success spoil the American alligator?; title: Alien invasion : will global warming trigger a plague of serpents?; title: Prowling poisoners : the venomous snakes next door; title: Peaceful coexistence : searching for a balance.