Margo DeMello is Assistant Professor in the anthrozoology program at Carroll College, Helena, Montana, USA. She is the author of many books, including Bigfoot to Mothman: A Global Encyclopedia of Legendary Beasts and Monsters (Bloomsbury, 2024),, the second edition of Animals and Society: An Introduction to Human-Animal Studies (2021), and Mourning Animals: Rituals and Practices Surrounding Animal Death (2016).