Books Hunters Hunting Killing 
10,000 Birds
FEBRUARY 21, 2012
I’ve just finished reading THE PLUME HUNTER (Torrey House Press, December 2011) by Renée Thompson. In this captivating book, Thompson explores the motivation behind hunters who shot birds to sell feathers for women’s hats at the turn of the nineteenth century.
10,000 Birds
JUNE 3, 2014
One of the reasons I enjoy about reviewing books is the opportunity to read titles I wouldn’t ordinarily encounter, not because they aren’t good but because they don’t fall easily into a category. Lost Animals: Extinction and the Photographic Record by Errol Fuller is one of these books. more than there really was to see!” (p.
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10,000 Birds
MARCH 20, 2017
2) This is a NEW book edited by Lisa A. 4) It is a delightful, engaging book. It is a fact that the book fulfills the promise of its subtitle. This story of avian hatred may be the most revolutionary essay in a book full of paeans to birds and birding.). White and Jeffrey A. Gordon, illustrated by Robert A.
10,000 Birds
DECEMBER 17, 2014
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. The system was intended as a hunter-centric model, both guided by and benefitting consumptive interests.
10,000 Birds
APRIL 8, 2019
So, yes, there’s plenty enough information about migration in the book to justify the subtitle. Eastern red bats, for only one example, may actually be attracted to wind turbines; and unlike birds, they are often killed by “barotrauma” – their inner organs explode from the drop in air pressure as the blade sweeps past.).
10,000 Birds
MARCH 22, 2019
While the hunting of game with trained birds of prey can be a controversial topic among birders , falconry was a valuable early source of information on birds, and its history, culture, and imagery continue to fascinate bird lovers, as we shall see. During the hunt, Mary’s horse lost its footing, throwing her from the saddle into a ditch.
10,000 Birds
AUGUST 12, 2015
I get that you’re really angry, I mean, he was a popular lion and yes, his cute widdle cubs will probably die to, but I can’t help feeling you’ve kind of missed the point a bit, and well, ending all hunting in Africa will not solve much and maybe make things worse and… No, no, I’m not a hunter. I mean it.
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