The age of deer : trouble and kinship with our wild neighbours /
by Howsare, Erika.
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BookPublisher: London : Icon Books, 2024Description: 368 pages ; 24 cm.ISBN: 9781785789465 (hbk.) :; 1785789465 (hbk.) :.Classification number: 599.65 HOWSubject(s): Deer | Deer -- Effect of hunting on | Deer -- Conservation | Human-animal relationships | Popular Science | Popular Science and Nature | United Kingdom, Great Britain | Memoirs | History of the Americas | Biology, life sciences | Nature & the natural world: general interestSummary: A stag leaps on an ancient brooch. A doe and a fawn step across a field at first light. A pair of antlers is silhouetted by the side of a busy road. From the earliest cave paintings to the present day, humans and deer have a long and complex history. Royal harts were the coveted quarry of European kings, while the first Americans relied on deer for everything from buckskins to arrow heads. Once hunted to the point of extinction in some parts of the world, deer numbers have exploded in recent years, causing tension between scientists and conservationists. And yet, this is our own story, as the fortune of deer is inextricably bound up with the actions that we humans take on the world around us. Weaving together history and reportage, Erika Howsare explores the relationship between our two species in the line where wildness meets humankind.
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A stag leaps on an ancient brooch. A doe and a fawn step across a field at first light. A pair of antlers is silhouetted by the side of a busy road. From the earliest cave paintings to the present day, humans and deer have a long and complex history. Royal harts were the coveted quarry of European kings, while the first Americans relied on deer for everything from buckskins to arrow heads. Once hunted to the point of extinction in some parts of the world, deer numbers have exploded in recent years, causing tension between scientists and conservationists. And yet, this is our own story, as the fortune of deer is inextricably bound up with the actions that we humans take on the world around us. Weaving together history and reportage, Erika Howsare explores the relationship between our two species in the line where wildness meets humankind.
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