Join "America&rsquo\;s funniest science wr iter" (Peter Carlson\, \;Washington Post)\, Mary Roach\, on an irresis tible investigation into the unpredictable world where wildlife and humans meet.
\nWhat&rsquo\;s to be done about a jaywalking moose? A bear c aught breaking and entering? A murderous tree? Three hundred years ago\, a nimals that broke the law would be assigned legal representation and put o n trial. These days\, as \;New York Times \;best-selling author Ma ry Roach discovers\, the answers are best found not in jurisprudence but i n science: the curious science of human-wildlife conflict\, a discipline a t the crossroads of human behavior and wildlife biology.
\nRoach tag s along with animal-attack forensics investigators\, human-elephant confli ct specialists\, bear managers\, and "danger tree" faller blasters. Intrep id as ever\, she travels from leopard-terrorized hamlets in the Indian Him alaya to St. Peter&rsquo\;s Square in the early hours before the pope arri ves for Easter Mass\, when vandal gulls swoop in to destroy the elaborate floral display. She taste-tests rat bait\, learns how to install a vulture effigy\, and gets mugged by a macaque.
\nCombining little-known for ensic science and conservation genetics with a motley cast of laser scarec rows\, langur impersonators\, and trespassing squirrels\, Roach reveals as much about humanity as about nature&rsquo\;s lawbreakers. When it comes t o "problem" wildlife\, she finds\, humans are more often the problem†•and the solution. Fascinating\, witty\, and humane\, \;Fuzz \;o ffers hope for compassionate coexistence in our ever-expanding human habit at.
\nLimited to 15 people.
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