Predators, Pests and Power

Predators, Pests, and Power

Predators such as mountain lions and wolves are inspiring signs of wilderness-until they get too close. Then, suddenly, people are all too eager to remove these icons of nature by any means necessary. In her critically-acclaimed book Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains, science journalist Bethany Brookshire studies how our views of nature stem from what we want and believe about our environments, and shows that often, the difference between beautiful wild creature and pernicious pest is a matter of fear, power, and our own sense of vulnerability.