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Ten Birds That Changed the World — a review

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Had it not been for the Wild Turkey, for instance, the first Pilgrims to America, the English ones, would not, possibly, have survived, he says. The book is a grab-bag of facts about the ten birds, mostly culled from other works. They were barely mentioned in The Voyage of the Beagle and not at all in On the Origin of Species.

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Birds and Us: A 12,000 Year History from Cave Art to Conservation–A Book Review

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This is “the deep cradle of Western ornithology: the birthplace of bird study,” he tells us as he writes about gazing at the 8,000-year old depictions of “flamingos, herons, raptors, avocets and many other species” (p. The difference seems to be that Selous had previously killed birds and she had not.

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The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation and Who Pays for It

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Developed in the post-frontier era, the NAMWC helped put a stop to wanton wildlife destruction in an era where many species were being hunted and trapped ruthlessly to the brink of extinction. Now, in 21st century America, we’re entertaining new considerations, in keeping with our modern understanding of wild animals and conservation.

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