10,000 Birds
JANUARY 3, 2014
While the Dodo and the Triceratops may be more famous for being extinct, the scale of the slaughter required to eradicate billions of birds makes this species perhaps the most enduring symbol of our culture’s predilection for waste and folly. What, you may ask, is left to do but sigh sadly and shake our heads?
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 9, 2012
Whilst most Turtle Doves present in Morocco during the summer periods are probably local breeders the possibility of late arrivals or early returners from the British breeding population getting caught up in the slaughter was a real threat.
10,000 Birds
SEPTEMBER 9, 2014
Still, I can’t help thinking that there is some parallel between the mass slaughter of the Passenger Pigeon in 19th-century North America and the mass slaughter of songbirds in southern European countries today. The imaginary scenario is clearly taken from eyewitness accounts, but sources are not footnoted.
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