Inconvenient Animals
A tale of wildlife, development and our futures
$26.39
- Paperback
304 pages
- Release Date
1 November 2026
Summary
A devastating, brilliant book that will change how you think about the habitat around you.
In 2024, an earless dragon was spotted – the first in over 50 years. Within weeks, ecologists and sniffer dogs patrolled the grasslands, as development ground to a halt. A species of lizard had effectively exacerbated the housing crisis, forcing an uncomfortable question: what matters more – our right to shelter or theirs to exist?
Across Australia, native species often …
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781923451162 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1923451162 |
| Author: | Dave Witty |
| Publisher: | Monash University Publishing |
| Imprint: | Monash University Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 304 |
| Release Date: | 1 November 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 135mm x 210mm |
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Dave Witty
Dave Witty is an urban planner and the author of the bestselling What the Trees See: A Wander Through Millennia of Natural History in Australia. This book, a finalist for the 2024 NIB Literary Award, examines aspects of Australia’s history through our indigenous and non-indigenous trees.
Witty is the editor of Best Australian Nature Writing and the recipient of the 2021 Rosina Joy Buckman Award in the Nature Writing Prize. His work appears widely in Australian literary journals, and his walking tours of trees have been a highlight of many festivals.
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