The release date for the English version of 'Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law' by
Mary Roach is Sep 2021. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
What should be done about a moose that is jaywalking? A bear discovered breaking in? A murderous tree? Animals who broke the law three centuries ago would be given legal counsel and placed on trial. The greatest place to go for the answers is not in case law but rather in the fascinating field of human-animal conflict, which sits at the intersection of wildlife biology and human psychology.
Roach is accompanied by experts in human-elephant conflict, bear management, animal attack forensics, and "danger tree" faller blasters. As fearless as ever, she makes her way from Indian Himalayan hamlets frightened by leopards to St. Peter's Square just before the pope arrives for Easter Mass, just in time to see the ornate floral arrangement destroyed by gulls. She installs a vulture effigy, tests the taste of rat bait, and gets mugged by a macaque.
With the help of a colorful ensemble of laser scarecrows, langur impersonators, and intruding squirrels, along with little-known forensic science and conservation genetics, Roach uncovers secrets about both nature's lawbreakers and humanity. She discovers that people are frequently both the issue and the solution when it comes to "problem" species. In our ever-expanding human habitat, Fuzz offers promise for compassionate cohabitation with his fascinating, humorous, and sensitive nature.