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Lost Animals: Extinction and the Photographic Record: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

They would pause over them and just gaze, sometimes even raising the book towards their eyes in the vain hope that this action would allow them to see more.—more Some were taken of birds and mammals in zoos or aviaries, others were taken in the wild, often in remote places. Yet, the photographs exerted an unexpected pull over readers.

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The Passenger Pigeon & A Message From Martha: One Pigeon, Two Book Reviews

10,000 Birds

We have photographs and newspaper obituaries of Martha, the last living Passenger Pigeon, who died after a lifetime in captivity, mostly in the Cincinnati Zoo. In order to raise our awareness, to remind us of what we have lost, and to inspire us to fight for Every. We have a lot of source material. journey, written up in diary format.

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