No Safe Refuge: Man As Predator in the World of Wildlife

by Terry Grosz

In No Safe Refuge, Terry Grosz continues the chronicle of his remarkable career defending America's wild creatures from those hunters, poachers, and commercial market hunters who just didn't know when to stop. Since his first days as a game warden in 1966, Terry Grosz has been fighting against the business of extinction.

Genres: Nonfiction

Paperback

First published September 30, 2003

Reviews

[Erin Gutish · Rating 5 out of 5]

I absolutely loved this book! The author is a great story teller and I learned a lot about waterfowl hunting. I liked the parts where he talked about his family, as that is an important part of being a game warden. You're away for days at a time staking out operations like Terry often had to do. I also don't agree with some other reviewers that talk about how Grosz seems to dislike hunters, I think quite the opposite. He often talks about how he respects hunters and is one himself, but he doesn't like criminals who take more than their fair share.

[John · Rating 3 out of 5]

This book is too long for what it is, but has some nice nuggets buried amongst the tailings. The factual accounts of various types of poaching activities and the challenges of enforcing wildlife regulations are interesting and recounted with a level of detail that adds to their veracity. Some of the stories are humorous. However, often there is an overwhelming sense that the author feels every hunter is the enemy and everyone are unethical criminals. The divergences into the self-sacrifice and sophomoric loving domestic servant/housewife behind the man are unfortunate, and often seem to have been wedged back into existing stories that were fine without them. Very focused on waterfowl over other types of hunting.

[Lizzy · Rating 2 out of 5]

Boring, repetitive stories, mostly focused on waterfowl. A couple good stories, but not enough for this bloated book. Surely in all his years experience he has more interesting stories! The dialogue is awful, and while he seems a decent fellow, sometimes he can be a bit self-congratulatory.