Living with Wildlife: How to Enjoy, Cope with, and Protect North America's Wild Creatures Around Your Home and Theirs - Softcover

California Center For Wildlife, The; Landau, Diana; Stump, Shelley

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0871565471 ISBN 13: 9780871565471

Publisher: Sierra Club Books, 1994

Synopsis

Provides sensible advice on how to co-exist with the animals found around one's home

About this title

From the Inside Flap:

North Americans -- in suburbs, rural areas, even cities -- share habitat with common wild animals. Most of us enjoy their presence, but problems may arise when raccoons raid the garbage cans, deer "prune" the shrubbery, or rabbits nibble garden veggies. How do you deal humanely with such situations? And how can you help injured wildlife around your home? Living with Wildlife identifies and describes more than 100 species, explains how wildlife-human interactions can lead to conflicts, and offers proven advice for how to resolve them. Created by the California Center for Wildlife, leaders in wildlife rehabilitation and education, this practical handbook contains:
-- A concise history of wildlife conservation.
-- Chapters on making your outside environment hospitable to wild creatures and your home secure from their intrusions, and on caring for wildlife in distress.
-- A comprehensive Reference Guide with identifying information and useful background on the animals' needs an

About the Author:

Diana Landau is the co-author of Fortysomething: Claiming the Power and Passion of Your Middle Years and The Paradox of Success: When Winning at Work Means Losing at Life. Shelley Stump is an analyst for the California Judicial Council and a board member of the California Center for Wildlife. Both women live in the San Francisco Bay Area.

About this edition

• Publisher: Sierra Club Books
• Publication date: 1994
• ISBN 10: 0871565471
• ISBN 13: 9780871565471
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 340