I object to NYTimes reviewer today calling calling the goshawk in Helen Macdonald's new book "vicious." There must be several words  besides anthropomorphizing to call this brand of thinking, and all of those words invidious.  When will we ever get over thinking that the natural world is no more than a reflection of us humans and our lives and our values?  I know I'm exaggerating here, but it's thinking like this that has brought this beautiful world ever closer to ruin. Goshawks kill to eat, and probably they enjoy eating, it's as simple as that. If there's any parallel, it's that we need food to eat to keep going too. Except that we've removed ourselves from the nitty-gritty of how the food comes to us and we unfairly label the animals who still gather their own food.