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Altruism, Albatrosses, and Vicious Young Men

10,000 Birds

They emerged from their bloody rampage leaving fifteen adults dead, and fifteen destroyed nests with either smashed or missing eggs. There are eggs that are not viable, nestlings who fail to thrive, natural predators who snatch a chick for a meal, freak storms that blow through and destroy part of a population.

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Come@Me: Hunting Is Not Conservation

10,000 Birds

Lacey of Iowa introduced the nation’s first wildlife-protection law, which banned the interstate shipping of unlawfully killed game. We have given an awful exhibition of slaughter and destruction, which may serve as a warning to all mankind. People don’t respect wildlife. A newly created U.S. Why is this happening?

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