Sea of Slaughter

3.75 stars

Farley Mowat looks at the history of some Canadian species of wildlife and how many came to be endangered. This was, of course, mostly due to humans and the often cruel ways they hunted or, in some cases, purposely tried to destroy those animals. Each chapter looks at a different animal or a group of similar animals.

This took me months to read. I started (just) before I had eye issues. My copy of this book is a mass market paperback with small type, so it was (and is) hard for me to read, with only one properly working eye at this point. This is why it took so long to read it. Unfortunately, early on, I sometimes skimmed – not due to the subject matter, but simply because it was hard on my eyes. But when I finally started show more using an additional targeted light, I found it a very good (though sad and often frustrating) read.

There is a lot of good information (though sad and heartbreaking and often hard to read (and not because of my eyes!)). The book is out of date, however (though I suspect not much has changed). It was originally published in 1984 and there is a very short afterword for the 1997 edition I read, but the afterword pretty much said to update it would really mean writing an entirely new book. show less

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Da circa 50 anni F.Mowat combatte una grande battaglia
in difesa degli animali. Qui analizza la storia del depauperamento faunistico della fascia nordorientale del continente americano e, come sempre, ha il coraggio di accusare uomini e governi documentandone responsabilità e irrisolutezze senza, però, puntare allo scandalo premendogli soprattutto di trovare soluzioni e salvare il salvabile.

Un grande libro di ecologia rivolto a tutti coloro che pensano alla natura come al più prezioso dei tesori.