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Book Club is My Alibi

Join us for discussion of Fuzz: When Nature Breaks the Law by Mary Roach. What’s to be done about a jaywalking moose? A bear caught breaking and entering? A murderous tree?

When and Where

Date and Time

Today
7:00 PM - 8:00 PM

Address

Saratoga Springs Public Library, 49 Henry Street Saratoga Springs, NY 12866

Cost

FREE ADMISSION

About this event

Three hundred years ago, animals that broke the law would be assigned legal representation and put on trial. These days, the answers are best found not in jurisprudence but in science: the curious science of human-wildlife conflict, a discipline at the crossroads of human behavior and wildlife biology. Combining little-known forensic science and conservation genetics with a motley cast of laser scarecrows, langur impersonators, and trespassing squirrels, Roach reveals as much about humanity as about nature’s lawbreakers. When it comes to "problem" wildlife, she finds, humans are more often the problem—and the solution. Fascinating, witty, and humane, Fuzz offers hope for compassionate coexistence in our ever-expanding human habitat. 2021; 320 pages. Available as eBook on Hoopla. Book Club is My Alibi is a book group for true crime enthusiasts. Meets monthly on the 2nd Wednesday of the month at 7pm. All are welcome. This program is inspired by our 2026 SaratogaREADS! selection, Soul of an Octopus by Sy Montgomery. *Registration not required but recommended to receive a reminder.



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