Packed with detailed "how-to" solutions for dealing with everything from bats in your attic to deer in your garden, from coyotes in your backyard to raccoons in your chimney, this guide provides background information on more than thirty species of animals. Illustrated with detailed instructional drawings and species portraits, this book is for those people who are confronted with the problems caused by human-animal conflicts around homes and buildings, and who must find solutions without causing harm to their wild neighbors.
And what does their presence there mean for their future and ours? Join scientists, activists, and the folks next door on a journey around the globe to track down our newest wild animal neighbors.
a bear scratch his back on a tree, grunting with satisfaction, and after he had left, I made my way to the tree and ... two miles away sitting, unconcerned, on the side of a hill, gripping a spoon that she used to dip in water to drink.
... tree in the wealthy neighborhood of Chestnut Hill. ... For many New Englanders, the Cape Cod bear came to symbolize the problem of urban wildlife: a wild animal that strays out of the wild into human suburbs and cities.
“They love to come up here,” says Mudd as the dogs play on a rock overlooking the canyon, “but they will never come up here on their own. This is coyote territory. They're very clear about what those borders are.
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As a young girl climbs the seven stories to her own (very boring!) apartment, she imagines what’s behind each of the doors she passes.