![]() Unlike in centuries past, none of these modern-day professionals consider these wayward animals their enemies Roach accurately reflects a world in which these officers are heartbroken if they need to kill a bear that’s become too familiar with backyard garbage cans or a cougar that’s discovered the easy pickings of the local mountain bike path. ![]() ![]() She talks with animal control officers in many countries - and she does her customary hilarious job of relating their hard lessons, dorky enthusiasms, and deadpan humor. ![]() “Each conflict needs a resolution unique to the setting, the species, the stakes, the stakeholders.” In fifteen cheerful, fast-paced, funny chapters, Roach looks at deaths, home invasions, traffic violations like jaywalking, and massive amounts of food theft committed by the various usual suspects: bears, raccoons, mice, deer, elephants, even cougars, and many kinds of birds.Īs is her usual practice, Roach interviews humans involved in every aspect of these violations. “Two thousand species in two hundred countries regularly commit acts that put them at odds with humans,” Mary Roach writes at the beginning of her new book Fuzz When Nature Breaks the Law. ![]()
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