An engrossing and revealing study of why we deem certain animals pests and others not--from cats to rats, elephants to pigeons--and what this tells us about our own perceptions, beliefs, and actions, as well as our place in the natural world A squirrel in the garden.
In the process, we will learn how the pests that annoy us tell us far more about humanity than they do about the animals themselves..
Bethany Brookshire\'s deeply researched and entirely entertaining book will show readers what there is to venerate in vermin, and help them appreciate how these animals have clawed their way to success as we did everything we could to ensure their failure.
Pet or pest? In many cases, it\'s entirely a question of perspective.
It\'s a story about human nature, and how we categorize the animals in our midst, including bears and coyotes, sparrows and snakes.
It\'s about what calling an Animal a pest says about people, how we live, and what we want.
Instead, this book is about us.
It\'s not a natural history of the animals we hate.
At the intersection of science, history, and narrative journalism, Pests is not a simple call to look closer at our urban ecosystem.
It\'s a pest.
It\'s no longer an animal.
When animals pop up where we don\'t expect or want them, we respond with fear, rage, or simple annoyance.
Humans have spent so much of our history drawing a hard line between human spaces and wild places.
A pigeon on the street.
A rat in the wall.
An engrossing and revealing study of why we deem certain animals pests and others not--from cats to rats, elephants to pigeons--and what this tells us about our own perceptions, beliefs, and actions, as well as our place in the natural world A squirrel in the garden
