Where The Wild Things Were, by William Stolzenberg

Compelling but grim read about the destruction of the world's predators by humans and the potentially devasting affect their absence has on the ecosystems they once inhabited. The book is almost exclusively about North America and it spends the first few chapters exploring the implications of detailed studies carried out in the Pacific Northwest, & the scientists involved. It also introduces the theory that humans were responsible for the extinction of the Palaeolithic megafauna around the globe & what might done in North American to help remedy it. Ultimately though after it had stated its main premise the book ended up being more valuable in providing sources for further reading rather than in much else it had to say. Granted there isn't much positive to be said about the continued human extermination of any predators worthy of the name, though I remain an eternal optimist that things might change!
4/5.