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Pest? A Matter of Perception

Pests: How Humans Create Animal Villains by Bethany Brookshire

March 25, 2023 by LittlePlat 8 Comments

  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 these 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 […]

Filed Under: Featured, Non-Fiction Tagged With: Bethany Brookshire, Environmental responsibility, environmentalism, F**king Kevin, ferals, pests, squirrels

LittlePlat's CBR15 Review No:3 · Genres: Featured, Non-Fiction · Tags: Bethany Brookshire, Environmental responsibility, environmentalism, F**king Kevin, ferals, pests, squirrels ·
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