Reviews tagging 'Trafficking'

The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century by Kirk Wallace Johnson

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4.5

This is a really informative book about a crime that, at first glance, almost seems to be comical. The fanatical devotion to using the feathers from exotic and endangered birds is disgusting, especially when the look can be mimicked with dying feathers from more common birds already being slaughtered for meat. Similarly disgusting is their closing of ranks when called out for buying and selling stolen skins, furs, and corpses. Especially heinous is the wildlife protection agencies' inaction.

Edwin Rist, and his peers in fly making are heinous in their disregard for the sanctity of the scientific and historical record. Their lack of remorse deserves far more punishment than any have received.

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Animal cruelty, Animal death, Colonisation, and Trafficking