Domestic and wild animals have been a massive part of my life. Born in a logging camp in Minnesota, neighbors such as bears, deer, moose, coyotes, and bobcats were a fact, not a fear or foe.
Then, we moved to North Dakota, where my sister and my playmates were no bigger than a quarter, little brown toads, and many more than just a few. Our mother would caution us to “turn the toads loose before…
