Wild Neighbors: The Humane Approach to Living with Wildlife

By Humane Society of the United States Staff

Book Overview

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1555913091
• ISBN13: 9781555913090
• Release Date: August 1970
• Publisher: Fulcrum Publishing
• Length: 272 Pages
• Weight: 1.04 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 7.1" x 9.9"
• Grade Range: Grade 4 and higher

Customer Reviews

Excellent, fills an important need.

As a licensed wildlife rehabilitator, I was interested in seeing what type of information could be provided in a book that I could recommend to people wanting to solve wildlife problems in a humane manner. This book is an important contribution to a field that is becoming more important as people move expand into wildlife habitat as well as creating more attractive wildlife habitat in their own yards.

Wild Neighbors: The Humane Approach to Living with Wildlife (2nd ed.)

This book is great for wildlife rehabilitators' use in helping homeowners to solve wildlife conflicts. It is also an excellent tool to help homeowners to understand and live in harmony with the wild animals that are forced to move into their neighborhoods as more of their natural habitat disappears.

A Book Every Homeowner Should Have

If you own property in urban, suburban or rural settings, you should have this book. It's the definitive guide to understanding wildlife, common diseases, and problems they may cause, and how to effectively solve them.The first few chapters explain how to prevent and identify wildlife problems - and the right questions you should ask before hiring a professional to help you. The book also explains what methods work - and ones that don't - to save you money. The most humane and effective methods are clearly explained.The next 31 chapters each deal with specific animals: bats, crows, deer, mice, moles, pigeons, snakes, etc.

The definitive guidline to living with wildlife

This is an excellent description of methods and techniques to use for the most commonly-considered "nuisance" species of wildlife. John Hadidian, the author, is both a wildlife enthusiast and a gardener, and he has edited a very balanced set of explanations on how to discourage wildlife when it has become a problem for a homeowner. The solutions are humane and can leave the homeowner proud that the situation was resolved peacefully. I ran a wildlife hotline with 50 volunteers frequently dealing with the public on these very issues, and this book was the reference the volunteers found most helpful.

Excellent practical solutions to urban wildlife "problems".

This book offers a wide range of practical solutions for resolving conflicts between humans and urban wildlife in a humane manner. The recommended approaches (such as exclusion techniques) not only prevent innocent animals from being killed by unscrupulous trappers and pest control services, they are permanent solutions which cost next to nothing. Ideal for enlightening residents and city councils on alternatives to destroying animals unnecessarily and wasting tax dollars in the process.