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The Backyard Battle Plan : The Ultimate GT Protecting your Home Garden from Ravages Wildlife
The Backyard Battle Plan The Ultimate GT Protecting your Home Garden from Ravages Wildlife Author:Cooper Rutledge There's a war going on out there, and humans are losing ground--literally. The first book to look squarely at the subject, Backyard Battle Plan takes a stand on the fastest-growing threat to our gardens: animal damage. Ecological imbalance and overzealous protectionist policies have produced a skyrocketing population of problem animals. Deer alo... more »ne number thirty times what they did a century ago. With animal-related property losses totaling $3 billion a year, America's summer backyard--suburban and urban--is under siege. But our romanticization of wildlife, argues Backyard Battle Plan, blinds us to our need for a balance of preservation and control, even elimination. A godsend to any gardener whose cherished crops are regularly destroyed, this complete A-to-Z guide defines the enemy: from beaver to problem birds and coyotes to woodchucks; their habitats and the diseases they carry; and control methods from fencing to poison to hunting. Complete with fascinating boxes and sidebars, this is an honest and long-overdue primer on an issue we dare not keep taboo.« less