The reluctant steward
Subtitle: how the miraculous comeback of wildlife turned nasty
By: Jim Sterba
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Crown
Published: 2011
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 343
ISBN-13: 9780307341969
Subjects: Environmental conditions; Nature conservation; Wildlife conservation; Nature; Wildlife rehabilitation; Effect of human beings on
Description: More people live in closer proximity to more wild animals, birds and trees in the eastern United States today than anywhere on the planet at any time in history. Perhaps you are one of more than 4,000 drivers who will hit a deer today, your child's soccer field is carpeted with goose droppings, coyotes are killing your pets, or bears are looting your garbage cans. As conservationists transplanted isolated species to restored habitats and imposed regulations on hunters and trappers, and people moved across a landscape once occupied by family farms, an animal-lover's dream-come-true often turns into a sprawl-dweller's nightmare.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part One. Forest People; title: The Spruce Illusion; title: An Epidemic of Trees; title: Sprawl; title: Part Two. Wild Beasts; title: The Fifty Pound Rodent; title: The Elegant Ungulate; title: Lawn Carp; title: Gobblers; title: Teddys; title: Part Three. The Denatured Life; title: Doers to Viewers; title: Roadkill; title: Feathered Friends; title: Feral Felines; title: Epilogue.