Pests : how humans create animal villains
(Large Print)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 507-588).

"Humans have spent so much of our history drawing a hard line between human spaces and wild places. When animals pop up where we don't expect or want them, we respond with fear, rage, or simple annoyance. It's no longer an animal. It's a pest. At the intersection of science, history, and narrative journalism, Pests is a story about human nature, and how we categorize the animals in our midst. Bethany Brookshire's deeply researched and entirely entertaining book will show readers how the pests that annoy us tell us far more about humanity than they do about the animals themselves"--,Back cover.