Beak, tooth and claw : why predators are needed for a healthy British countryside /
Colwell, Mary.
Beak, tooth and claw : why predators are needed for a healthy British countryside / Mary Colwell. - London : William Collins, 2021. - 320 pages ; 24 cm.
Foxes, buzzards, crows, badgers, weasels, seals, gulls, 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. 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 thelandscape.
9780008354763 (hbk.) : 16.99 0008354766 (hbk.) : 16.99
Predatory animals--Great Britain.
Wildlife conservation--Great Britain.
Popular Science.
Popular Science and Nature.
QL758
591.5309 COL
Beak, tooth and claw : why predators are needed for a healthy British countryside / Mary Colwell. - London : William Collins, 2021. - 320 pages ; 24 cm.
Foxes, buzzards, crows, badgers, weasels, seals, gulls, 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. 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 thelandscape.
9780008354763 (hbk.) : 16.99 0008354766 (hbk.) : 16.99
Predatory animals--Great Britain.
Wildlife conservation--Great Britain.
Popular Science.
Popular Science and Nature.
QL758
591.5309 COL