Rat Island : Predators in Paradise and the World's Greatest Wildlife Rescue

from satyridae

So much of this book is chilling and horrifying and graphic- be warned that if you have a hard time reading about teeming waves of rodents leaving carnage in their wake, you may want to be careful with this one. A tale worth reading- it's about hubris and inattention and making things worse under...

from mbmackay

This non-fiction book, written in the breathless journalistic style, tells of the impact of feral introduced species on the native wildlife of islands. While the Rat Island of the title is in the Bering Sea, much is also told of New Zealand and the awful impact of rats, stoats, cats and other int...

from Stbalbach

Many environmental books have an eat your vegetables feel as they portray humans destroying nature. And, if you read enough of them, it's rare to come across something original, a repetition of bad things leading to a loss of hope for the future. This book is different. It's about a few people wh...