The Deadly Balance: Predators and People in a Crowded World

Conservation is never easy - especially when predators and people are involved. In The Deadly Balance, Hart guides us through the challenges people and predators face around the world and discusses the solutions we need to adopt to conserve predators and keep people safe. An authoritative must-read for anyone interested in wildlife and conservation. * Steve Backshall, zoologist and TV presenter * Immersive, poignant and primal, this timely book is a powerful reminder of our humble place alongside predators, and their vital role in building a functioning, resilient planet. * Sophie Pavelle, author of Forget Me Not * If we are to live alongside predators in a seemingly ever-decreasing world, we need to understand them now better than ever before. Hart's book provides that insight and understanding. A brilliant book, unravelling our complex and interwoven relationships with some of the planet's most iconic predators * Ben Garrod, author and TV presenter * One of the most refreshing perspectives on predators I have ever read: an impassioned plea for us to consider the lived experience of people and communities for whom predation is an ever-present threat, that is effortlessly readable and grounded in great science. In Hart’s capable hands, predators are anything but monsters: they are living, breathing organisms that are exemplars of survival, that shape ecosystems and that directly influence the lives of humans and communities with whom they co-exist. * Jules Howard, author of Wonderdog * [A] thoughtful and thorough presentation of ‘our relationship with predatory animals’. -- Tony Miksanek * Booklist * Looks at the science behind living with predators safely, how to know what’s truth and what’s myth, and how to stay alive when human life encroaches on that of a predator. -- Terri Schlichenmeyer * Bristol Herald Courier * Highly recommended. Upper-division undergraduates. Graduate students. General readers. * Choice * The Deadly Balance is well-written and thoroughly researched … an important contribution to science. * Canadian Field Naturalist Journal *