Journalist Jon Mooallem noticed that his young daughter was always surrounded by wild animals: butterflies on her pajamas, a stuffed toy owl, and beavers in her bedtime stories. But these romantic portrayals, he says, hid a harsh reality. Scientists estimate half of all species could be gone by the turn of the century. So he embarked on his own journey to track down three endangered animals, and discovered the extreme — even futile — lengths humans go to save them. Jon Mooallem discusses his book, “Wild Ones,” and the complex intersections of man and nature.
Jon Mooallem on the Weird World of People and Animals
(Courtesy jonmooallem.com)
Guests:
Jon Mooallem, contributing writer for New York Times Magazine, writer-at- large for Pop-Up Magazine, and author of "Wild Ones: A Sometimes Dismaying, Weirdly Reassuring Story About Looking at People Looking at Animals in America"
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