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Author Ricciuti, Edward R., author.

Title Bears in the backyard : big animals, sprawling suburbs, and the new urban jungle / Edward R. Ricciuti.

Publication Info. Woodstock, Vermont : The Countryman Press, [2014]
New York, NY : W.W. Norton & Company
©2014

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Location Call No. Status
 Manchester, Main Library - Non Fiction  591.75 RICCIUTI    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  591.5268 RIC    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  591.756 RICCIUTI    Check Shelf
 Windsor Locks Public Library - Adult Department  591.756 RIC    Check Shelf
Description 248 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-239) and index.
Contents The big cat is back : return of the cougar -- Cougar attacks and how to survive them -- Reap what you sow : how the environmental movement and urban sprawl triggered the animal invasion -- Coyote on the cul-de-sac : coyotes in cities and new wolves in the woods -- That's not Big Bird at your feeder : an abundance of bruins- -- Deadliest of all? : dangerous deer and marauding moose -- Gators on the golf course : will success spoil the American alligator? -- Alien invasion : will global warming trigger a plague of serpents? -- Prowling poisoners : the venomous snakes next door -- Peaceful coexistence : searching for a balance.
Summary 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.
Subject Suburban animals -- United States.
Dangerous animals -- United States.
Urban animals -- United States.
Urban pests -- United States.
Human-animal relationships -- United States.
ISBN 9781581572179 (hardcover: alkaline paper)
1581572174 (hardcover: alkaline paper)
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