The Double-Crested Cormorant: Plight of a Feathered Pariah
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| Rating | : | 4.50 (594 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0300187114 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 368 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-07-12 |
| Language | : | English |
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She would like us to see the whole bird – biologically, historically, culturally – and to understand the way ancient animosities can influence modern environmental policy.' —Jonathan Rosen, London Review of Books. 'Combining natural history, policy analysis and rhapsodic appreciation, Wires has produced a book in which context matters for animals as much as it does for people
Five Stars Excellent book on a much misunderstood bird.. Too much emotion and too little science C. M. Stahl The Double-Crested Cormorant: Plight of a Feathered Pariah by Linda R. Wires. New Haven, Yale University Press. 2013 368 pp ISBN: 978-0-300-18711-3I watch cormorants every day. Baltimore’s inner harbor is flush with several at any time. I first became enamored watching them drying their wings. In some cultures this is seen as a symbol of a cross. I have timed their dives in order to determine if there is a steady length to be underwater (there is not). I have noticed how as they swim on the surface of the water, their bodies sink beneath and hav. Rob Laidlaw, Director, Zoocheck Inc. said This book is a must read - Highly recommended. Linda Wires peels back the facade of pseudo-science that is used by wildlife managers and the radical fishing community to support their organized campaign of cormorant eradication. Wires provides a thorough and poignant account of the history, biology, behaviour, lifestyle and politics of the double-crested cormorant. There are many lessons in this book that also apply to other maligned creatures, such as wolves and wild horses. This is a must read for anyone who wants the truth about double-crested cormorants. Highly recommended.
In a critique of the science, management, and ethics underlying the double-crested cormorant’s treatment today, Wires exposes “management” as a euphemism for persecution and shows that the current strategies of aggressive predator control are outdated and unsupported by science.. She discusses the amazing late-twentieth-century population recovery, aided by protection policies and environment conservation, but also the subsequent U.S. The tragic history of the cormorant’s relations with humans and the implications for today’s wildlife management policy The double-crested cormorant, found only in North America, is an iridescent black waterbird superbly adapted to catch fish. federal policies under which hundreds of thousands of the birds have been kil