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The Feather Thief: A Book Review

10,000 Birds

The skins were invaluable tools for ornithological, ecological, environmental research. The hope was that they would be recovered with the tags attached. Prized for their feathers, most of the birds that are recovered do not have their tags, the biodata, attached. Rist has de-feathered them as part of a black market enterprise.