First, stuff about the RW side of things: Urban exploration
As for other stuff, in a fantasy world that was as modern as ours, you KNOW there'd be concerns about endangered species. Not only does that mean protests and interventions from GreenManPeace, and arrests for illegal killings (Frodo would have been visiting Bilbo in The Pen for his role in the slaying of a member of an endangered species), but also reenactments of the classic South Park gag, "It's coming right at us!"
As for other stuff, in a fantasy world that was as modern as ours, you KNOW there'd be concerns about endangered species. Not only does that mean protests and interventions from GreenManPeace, and arrests for illegal killings (Frodo would have been visiting Bilbo in The Pen for his role in the slaying of a member of an endangered species), but also reenactments of the classic South Park gag, "It's coming right at us!"