Red-Haired Ash Reads

TW: animal deaths

I didn’t know what to expect when I jumped into this book but this was an informative and fascinating look at how humans and nature interact. This covers things from street monkeys in India, to bears breaking into houses, the controlling of invasive animals, and how to deal with dangerous trees.

I appreciated how Roach approached this book, especially as it involves pest animals. She gives all sides of the argument from extermination, to capture and release, and to sterilization. Her main focus is on how people can find a way to coexist with nature and find workable approaches to these animals that don’t end in death.

Overall, this was a very informative and fascinating look at human-nature interaction. Also, I think Roach did a great job narrating her book and loved hearing the author’s own inflection to some of these situations she experienced.

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