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orchidlilly's review against another edition
informative
reflective
fast-paced
2.5
Absolute middle of the road. The writing was fine, if more anecdotal than strictly fact based. It's very heavily Britain centric, and the general cautioning and searches for a solution to a problem specifically relevant to the UK public. It's pleasant enough, but I feel like it would be more successful if it were edited down and published in wildlife magazines and newspapers rather than as a book.
Content Warnings
Minor: Miscarriage, Gun violence, Car accident, Excrement, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Blood
All triggers are only briefly mentioned in passing. They are either part of the natural world as we know it (blood, animal death, roadkill, animal defecation) or briefly touched on examples of anti-fox rhetoric (people shooting foxes, fox hunting, trapping). The miscarriage mention is based on the fact that wild foxes pregnancies don't always result in successful kitting. Such is life.piperclover's review against another edition
adventurous
emotional
informative
inspiring
lighthearted
reflective
slow-paced
5.0
This was such a good time and such a well written nonfiction. The narrator was perfect. The author is so good at explaining scientific terms, and data collection methods, and descriptions in a clear, easily understandable manner.
There are anecdotes and examples that are incredibly funny sometimes. I Googled numerous times because I couldn't believe some of the things she was saying were true like a fox that accidentally lived in a high-rise building or a fox that took a ride on a double-decker tour bus. There are really sobering anecdote too about foxes that are murdered in cold blood by humans or how some Londoners advocate for fox cullings.
I think the author does a good job of giving you those anecdotes in a very balanced way so I never thought the book was too late hearted and therefore omitting crucial information or not grounded in reality but also not so sad as to make you feel like everything is useless.
The author is good at giving useful comparisons of other fox populations or how other countries are dealing with contagious or with wild animal attacks. In particular, she comments on both Canadian and American happenings in these topics as a foundation for understanding both how England reacts to foxes and to how western countries generally handle animal/human cohabitation.
She also breaks down the politicization of wild animals living in neighborhoods, particularly foxes, in a way that is so digestible. She explains how the extremes on both sides of the political spectrums in regards to foxes is damaging and useless.
The final chapter is a toolkit of how to safely admire wild foxes and I think that is such a fantastic ending.
There are anecdotes and examples that are incredibly funny sometimes. I Googled numerous times because I couldn't believe some of the things she was saying were true like a fox that accidentally lived in a high-rise building or a fox that took a ride on a double-decker tour bus. There are really sobering anecdote too about foxes that are murdered in cold blood by humans or how some Londoners advocate for fox cullings.
I think the author does a good job of giving you those anecdotes in a very balanced way so I never thought the book was too late hearted and therefore omitting crucial information or not grounded in reality but also not so sad as to make you feel like everything is useless.
The author is good at giving useful comparisons of other fox populations or how other countries are dealing with contagious or with wild animal attacks. In particular, she comments on both Canadian and American happenings in these topics as a foundation for understanding both how England reacts to foxes and to how western countries generally handle animal/human cohabitation.
She also breaks down the politicization of wild animals living in neighborhoods, particularly foxes, in a way that is so digestible. She explains how the extremes on both sides of the political spectrums in regards to foxes is damaging and useless.
The final chapter is a toolkit of how to safely admire wild foxes and I think that is such a fantastic ending.
Content Warnings
Graphic: Animal death
wyliem's review against another edition
hopeful
informative
lighthearted
fast-paced
2.0
Content Warnings
Minor: Animal death and Animal cruelty
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