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Book Review of The Beast in the Garden: A Modern Parable of Man and Nature

The Beast in the Garden: A Modern Parable of Man and Nature
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Well, I "really like it" for only some aspects: suspenseful, even though outcome is known, but equally heart wrenching. As an expert in animal behavior, I could easily (VERY easily) have predicted what would ultimately occur within the community of Boulder Colorado (and will occur yet AGAIN given that this situation appears to be proliferating.) The behaviors of the cougar(s) involved in eyewitness accounts was so aberrant, so far from the norm, that one could EASILY perceive a strong habituation of these creatures toward humans which THEN equals humans being pursued as prey. The fact that so-called "scientists" and governmental toadies are unable to see around their self inflicted tunnel-vision "glass" is the cause of so much bad science and worse government.