{"product_id":"tenacious-beasts-wildlife-recoveries-that-change-how-we-think-about-animals-9780262548335","title":"Tenacious Beasts: Wildlife Recoveries That Change How We Think about Animals","description":"\u003cb\u003eAn inspiring look at wildlife species that are defying the odds and teaching important lessons about how to share a planet.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eFirst Honorable Mention, The Rachel Carson Environment Book Award\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinner of the 2024 High Plains Book Award, Non-Fiction Category\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eFinalist, 2024 PROSE Awards: Popular Science and Mathematics Category\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIncluded in The New Yorker's \"Best Books of 2023, So Far\"\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe news about wildlife is dire--more than 900 species have been wiped off the planet since industrialization. Against this bleak backdrop, however, there are also glimmers of hope and crucial lessons to be learned from animals that have defied global trends toward extinction: bears in Italy, bison in North America, whales in the Atlantic. These populations are back from the brink, some of them in numbers unimaginable in a century. How has this happened? What shifts in thinking did it demand? In crisp, transporting prose, Christopher Preston reveals the mysteries and challenges at the heart of these resurgences. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing on compelling personal stories from the researchers, Indigenous people, and activists who know the creatures best, Preston weaves together a gripping narrative of how some species are taking back vital, ecological roles. Each section of the book--farms, prairies, rivers, forests, oceans--offers a philosophical shift in how humans ought to think about animals, passionately advocating for the changes in attitude necessary for wildlife recovery. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTenacious Beasts\u003c\/i\u003e is quintessential nature writing for the Anthropocene, touching on different facets of ecological restoration from Indigenous knowledge to rewilding practices. More important, perhaps, the book offers a road map--and a measure of hope--for a future in which humans and animals can once again coexist.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eChristopher Preston's essays have appeared in \u003ci\u003eAtlantic\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eSmithsonian\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eAeon\u003c\/i\u003e, and on the BBC website. He teaches environmental philosophy at the University of Montana and lives in Missoula, MT.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"MIT Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50614315450642,"sku":"9780262548335","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_340ab3ea-6009-4524-a5be-b0b040725306.jpg?v=1737284215","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/tenacious-beasts-wildlife-recoveries-that-change-how-we-think-about-animals-9780262548335","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}