Rat Island Predators in Paradise and the World's Greatest Wildlife Rescue

by Stolzenburg, William

• ISBN13: 9781608193325
• ISBN10: 1608193322
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2012-06-19
• Publisher: Bloomsbury USA

Summary

Rat Island, midway between Alaska and Siberia, was once a sanctuary for seabirds, before shipwrecked rats came ashore and savaged them. It's a familiar scenario repeating across the oceans of the world: innocent island species under attack by foreign predators, and, lately, defended by their would-be rescuers employing radical measures, killing the intruders by rifle, trap, and poison. Peopled with unforgettable characters and propelled by perilous adventure, Rat Islandreveals a little-known and hotly debated practice of killing for conservation.

Author Biography

William Stolzenburg writes about the science and spirit of saving wild creatures. He has written hundreds of magazine articles and was a 2010 Alicia Patterson Journalism Fellow. He is also the author of the book Where the Wild Things Were, and the Screenwriter of the documentary Lords of Nature: Life in a Land of Great Predators. He lives in Shepherdstown, West Virginia, and Fairfax, Virginia.

Table of Contents

Prologue: Kiska, Kakapos, and a Note About War	p. 1
Over the Blue Horizon	p. 9
Resolution	p. 30
Fox Fire	p. 50
Cape Catastrophe	p. 70
The Night Parrot	p. 79
Battle for Breaksea	p. 96
Baja Cats	p. 119
Anacapa	p. 136
Escalation	p. 152
Sirius Point	p. 162
Rat Island	p. 169
Whither Kiska	p. 200
Epilogue: Island Earth	p. 205
Acknowledgments	p. 217
Notes on the Sources	p. 221
Bibliography	p. 223
Index	p. 267
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