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Ten Birds That Changed the World — a review

10,000 Birds

The book is a grab-bag of facts about the ten birds, mostly culled from other works. Maybe Moss is right, and birds have changed history. Basic Books, New York, $30 U.S., But more often, one would think, it’s the other way around: humans have led to “paradigm shifts” in avian history, and not in a good way. CAN $38.00.

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From Today's New York Times

Animal Ethics

But whether with a flintlock or a modern rifle, hunting cruelly takes the life of a living, sentient being that has as much right to live as any hunter or writer. It is only the prejudice of our species that justifies culling the deer population while protecting our own. MARIE BROWN Baldwin, N.Y., EISENMAN Highland Park, Ill.,