Give me a break! Dog man Jan Scotland in Germany, another lover of Oriental Sighthounds, writes: ” I have just received the news that a first lure coursing in Germany (in Wismar, Mecklenburg-West Pomerania) had to be cancelled because the area has been declared a ban zone by the authorities after an infected bird was …
Month: March 2006
Killl the Eagles?
Walter Hingley sent this link to a letter in Shooting Sportsman, a magazine I admire and have often written for. It said: “I tend to agree with Mr. Fredi [Letters, Jan/Feb] that predation has been a large contributor to the decline of the sage grouse. And the red fox is certainly a major grouse predator. …
Wish List
I don’t have a tipjar but Reid and Libby have persuaded me to post my Amazon Wish List and UK wish list for my birthday which is, uhh– today. Cheap or any editions welcome! If you are so generous could you email (address to Libby) or respond here to let me know so I don’t …
How Others See Us, cont.
I’ve meant to post this for several months and never got around to it. It links to a remarkable (I think) research paper by a high school student named Arthur Wilderson on the topic of falconry. I have read quite a few of these things over the years, and wrote a few myself in school. …
Social Predators
Some interesting thoughts from Dr. John Burchard on the nature of predators. Some … no, I won’t call them names, just some people.. were “warning” potential adopters of the “dual nature” of greyhounds, because, you know, they are capable of that terrible rabbit- ripping coursing (for the record, I have NEVER known a gentler breed …
Larissa’s Latest
I have been so busy that I have been neglecting Writhing In Apathy, so it is with great pleasure that I give you this link to her latest tale of life in the City– one with, as a commenter says, a certain “eeewww” factor, but one that is both elegant and gut – bustingly funny …
Pleistocene Voyages to North America
The recent meetings of the American Association for the Advancement of Science had two presented papers on the role of maritime voyaging in the Pleistocene colonization of the Americas. One by Dennis Stanford addresses the Atlantic side and another by Jon Erlandson addresses the Pacific. Let me start by saying that these aren’t new theories, …
The Bears Next Door
A few weeks back I posted on my impressionistic views of wildlife coexisting with California suburbia. Today’s LA Times has an interesting piece on the effect of suburban expansion into black bear habitat throughout the state. The bears are loving it. California Department of Fish and Game estimates that black bear populations state-wide have increased …