{"product_id":"william-stolzenburg-rat-island-2011-paperback","title":"William Stolzenburg: Rat Island [2011] paperback","description":"Rat Island rises from the icy gray waters of the Bering Sea, a\u003cbr\u003e mass of volcanic rock covered with tundra, midway between Alaska and \u003cbr\u003eSiberia. Once a remote sanctuary for enormous flocks of seabirds, the \u003cbr\u003eisland gained a new name when shipwrecked rats colonized, savaging the \u003cbr\u003enesting birds by the thousands. Now, on this and hundreds of other \u003cbr\u003eremote islands around the world, a massive - and massively \u003cbr\u003econtroversial - wildlife rescue mission is under way.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIslands, \u003cbr\u003emaking up just 3 percent of Earth's landmass, harbor more than half of \u003cbr\u003eits endangered species. These fragile ecosystems, home to unique species\u003cbr\u003e that evolved in peaceful isolation, have been catastrophically \u003cbr\u003edisrupted by mainland predators: rats, cats, goats, and pigs ferried by \u003cbr\u003ehumans to islands around the globe. To save these endangered islanders, \u003cbr\u003eacademic ecologists have teamed up with professional hunters and \u003cbr\u003esemiretired poachers in a radical act of conservation now bent on \u003cbr\u003eannihilating the invaders. Sharpshooters are sniping at goat herds from \u003cbr\u003ehelicopters. Biological SWAT teams are blanketing mountainous isles with\u003cbr\u003e rat poison. Rat Island reveals a little-known and much-debated side of today's conservation movement, founded on a cruel-to-be-kind philosophy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTouring\u003cbr\u003e exotic locales with a ragtag group of environmental fighters, William \u003cbr\u003eStolzenburg delivers both perilous adventure and intimate portraits of \u003cbr\u003ehuman, beast, hero, and villain. And amid manifold threats to life on \u003cbr\u003eEarth, he reveals a new reason to hope.","brand":"Stolzenburg, William","offers":[{"title":"Very Good","offer_id":49858183954771,"sku":"XV81408825112","price":1.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/chaptersbookstore.com\/products\/william-stolzenburg-rat-island-2011-paperback","provider":"Chapters Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}