Fur Standing On End. Bear Hackers, Monkey Marauders, and Other Wild Crime

What to do with a moose crossing the road in the wrong place? Or with a bear caught breaking and entering? Three hundred years ago, animals that broke the law were taken to court, assigned an official representative. Nowadays, as popular writer Mary Roach discovered, answers need to be sought not in the field of jurisprudence, but in the realm of science - the fascinating discipline studying the conflict between humans and animals. Together with the reader, Roach literally follows in the footsteps of forensic experts investigating wild animal attacks on humans, conflict specialists between people and elephants, and bear management professionals... In telling about the wildlife that violates human laws, Roach no less tells about humanity itself - and concludes that when it comes to "problem" animals, the problem - as, by the way, is its solution - is most often people. The captivating, witty, and humane book "Fur Standing On End" offers hope for a humane coexistence of species in the ever-expanding habitat of humans.