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Environment

Battling nature in your backyard

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By Phil Mckenna

28 November 2012

Your yard is the new frontier as wildlife returns to the suburbs. In Nature Wars, Jim Sterba calls for a shift from conservation to culling to win back territory

BEARS are at the bird feeder and gangs of turkeys terrorise the suburbs. In Nature Wars, author Jim Sterba takes readers on a fascinating journey to the front lines of the human versus wildlife conflicts erupting in backyards across the US.

What makes Nature Wars a must read, however, is that it brings to light one of the greatest environmental success stories ever told. We are bombarded with dire environmental…

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