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Book Review of The Beast in the Garden: The True Story of a Predator's Deadly Return to Suburban America

The Beast in the Garden: The True Story of a Predator's Deadly Return to Suburban America
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Michel Sanders and Jim Halfpenny watch as their worst fears are played out in this fateful book. Mountain lions return to areas that their ancestors once roamed freely to find residential homesteads in place of what once was wilderness. As these large predators come in more frequent contact with humans they begin to adapt. While the town of Boulder, Colorado embraces its new neighbors, Sanders tries to warn both the citizens and experts, what will surely happen next. As pets start to go missing it is only time before human lives are threatened. This chilling book is a lesson to all of us, no matter how docile in appearance and reputation, wild animals are still wild.