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What Makes a Pest?
April 10, 2025
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Animal-human conflict expert Bethany Brookshire explains why we put cats before rats – and a lot of it has to do with where we’re encountering them.
Read an interview with Bethany in our new column, AO Wants to Know. And check out her book Pests: How Humans Create Animal