What defines a pest, really? What makes one animal seen as a loveable little critter that we want to share our space with and the other an irredeemable menace marked for eradication? In Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains, Bethany Brookshire attempts to answer this question, by giving us a cultural history of our relationship with those species we deem ‘pest-y’ and what makes us so quick to assign them a villainous role. One of things that really stood out to me is […]
Pest? A Matter of Perception
Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains by Bethany Brookshire