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Beak, Tooth and Claw
- Living with Predators in Britain
- ナレーター: Mary Colwell
- 再生時間: 9 時間 56 分
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批評家のレビュー
"A must-read for all wildlife lovers." (Dominic Dyer)
"Provocative, thought provoking and life affirming. Mary Colwell enters a world steeped in blood, much of it on our hands. A masterpiece of Conservation writing." (Sir Tim Smit of the Eden Project)
"There are few more fraught topics than the status of Britain’s larger predators.... It takes immense courage to be a voice of calm...and once again Mary Colwell has stepped up to the mark. There is much to learn from this book." (BBC Wildlife)
あらすじ・解説
Foxes, buzzards, crows, badgers, weasels, seals, kites - Britain and Ireland’s predators are impressive and diverse and they capture our collective imagination. But many consider them to our competition, even our enemies.
The problem is that predators eat what we farm or use for sport. From foxes and ravens attacking new-born lambs to weasels eating game-bird chicks, predators compete with us, putting them directly into the firing line. Farming, fishing, sport and leisure industries want to see numbers of predators reduced, and conservation organisations also worry that predators are threatening some endangered species. Other people, though, will go to great lengths to protect them from any harm. This clashing of worlds can be intense. So, what do we do? One of the greatest challenges facing conservation today is how, when and where to control predators. It is a highly charged debate.
Mary Colwell travels across the UK and Ireland to encounter the predators face to face. She watches their lives in the wild and discovers how they fit into the landscape. She talks to the scientists studying them and the wildlife lovers who want to protect them. She also meets the people who want to control them to protect their livelihoods or sporting interests.
In this even-handed exploration of the issues, Mary provides a thoughtful and reasoned analysis of the debates surrounding our bittersweet relationship with predators.