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When Raccoons Fall through Your Ceiling: The Handbook for Coexisting with Wildlife »
Authors: Andrea Dawn Lopez, Lynn Marie Cuny
ISBN-13: 9781574411546, ISBN-10: 1574411543
Format: Hardcover
Publisher: University of North Texas Press
Date Published: October 2002
Edition: (Non-applicable)
Author Biography: Andrea Dawn Lopez
Book Synopsis
The explosive growth of American settlement brings individuals into contact with wildlife habitat more and more often. Lopez (a former manager at Wildlife Rescue and Rehabilitation, Inc.) offers advice on how to humanely react to situations of human/wildlife contact such as raccoons falling through the ceiling, birds invading the garage, or deer eating the landscaping. Annotation (c)2003 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Table of Contents
| Foreword | ||
| Introduction | 1 | |
| Ch. 1 | When Raccoons Fall through Your Ceiling: How to repel wildlife from your home and yard | 7 |
| Ch. 2 | Myths about Baby Birds: What to do if you find a baby bird | 27 |
| Ch. 3 | Growing the Deer-Resistant Garden: How to protect your foliage from hungry deer | 41 |
| Ch. 4 | There's a Cardinal Knocking on My Window: How to discourage roosting and nesting birds | 51 |
| Ch. 5 | Leave Bambi in the Forest: What to do if you find a fawn | 61 |
| Ch. 6 | Lions and Tigers and Bears: Well, maybe not tigers! Tips for coexisting with major predators | 72 |
| Ch. 7 | Ducklings in My Swimming Pool: How to make way for some common visitors | 84 |
| Ch. 8 | Thumper, Flower, Meeko, and Who Knows What Else?: What to do if you find other baby animals | 91 |
| Ch. 9 | If You Hate Mosquitoes, You'll Learn to Love Bats: How to humanely repel bats and even appreciate them | 106 |
| Ch. 10 | There's Snake Asleep in Our Jeep: How to create an environment that's unpleasant for snakes | 116 |
| Ch. 11 | Wildlife First Aid and Rescue: How to contain, treat, and transport an injured wild animal | 125 |
| Afterword | 145 | |
| References and Resources | 147 | |
| Index | 165 |
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