The book: Pests explores the way that humans decide which animals are worthy and which are, well, pests. Bethany Brookshire explores the way several animals have earned or been assigned the label of “pest,” including ones you may think of like rats or pigeons, but also those that may be surprising (to Americans, at least), like elephants. Some of the animals are pests because they enter our homes or yards against our will. Some are pests because we’ve encroached on their territory and they have nowhere else […]