Litsy

An Elephant in My Kitchen: What the Herd Taught Me About Love, Courage and Survival | Francoise Malby-Anthony, Katja Willemsen

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Iv given this amazing authors book 5 stars even though I found some of the content extremely difficult to read being a huge animal lover , poaching is evil ,cruel, disastrously damaging to these wonderful creatures, who with a normal heart soul and mind could do such a thing ! The daily fight against these evil people and the removal of snares ! The chapters about the orphaned baby animals and the trauma they‘ve endured at the hands of humans

Bookbuyingaddict how the wonderful carers try to bring them back. It is a great read , an important one and probably the best Wildlife memoir since born free - listen up you tech billionaires send some millions to this sanctuary and more like it ! It‘s easier for a camel to enter the eye of a needle than it is for a rich man to enter the kingdom of heaven ! Let‘s pray that‘s true . 6d

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 6d

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Blueberry

The Elephant Whisperer: Learning About Life, Loyalty and Freedom From a Remarkable Herd of Elephants | Anthony Lawrence, Graham Spence, Lawrence Anthony

1. My son adopted a feral kitten from a rescue who is very attached to only him. They now live in Los Angeles.
2. Not often.
3. The Elephant Whisperer

#WonderousWednesday
@Eggs

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 6d

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Robotswithpersonality

The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird | Joshua Hammer

so-so

Informative, fair and measured in reporting, but overall sad in tone. Hammer does a decent job of presenting Lendrum's crimes within the broader context of the demand and attraction of theft and smuggling of rare/endangered/illegal bird's eggs, within Lendrum's own life which encompasses both some unfortunate circumstances, but mostly unfortunate choices,1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? the somewhat acknowledged addictive nature of illicit collections, and some understanding of the uneven regulations and law enforcement sentencing of such crimes.
It's obviously an area that needs improvement, because the crimes are still happening, with the resulting death the endangerment and death of living creatures for at least partially a monetary gain alongside possible thrill-seeking and compulsive motives, 3w

Robotswithpersonality 3/? (and the author is clearly pointing the finger at powerful financial backers that everyone is afraid to identify), but having read up on prisons systems it doesn't seem like that type of sentencing has or will help anyone.
The author quotes those who remark on the fact that Lendrum's skills could have been incredibly useful in science or conservation, and it seems tragic that Lendrum never found a successful rehabilitative path in that 3w

Robotswithpersonality 4/? direction, and further that he often took advantage of similar circumstances when available.
I'm glad that McWilliams' team exists, but he definitely feels like a somewhat sidelined force for good, rather than a true narrative foil. The amount that prosecuted bird collectors kept in touch with him post-arrest further underlines that some form of mandatory rehabilitation involving community outreach 3w

Robotswithpersonality 5/5 rather than fines or sentences seems like a much better method of reducing recidivism.
This is as close to true crime as I want to wander in non-fiction, and as even-keeled (versus a possibly more salacious accounting of events) as it was, it pretty much validates my opinion that such stories are major bummers and involve delving into real people's personal lives in a manner that makes me uncomfortable.
⚠️animal abuse, animal death 3w

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Robotswithpersonality

The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird | Joshua Hammer

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Robotswithpersonality

The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird | Joshua Hammer

Okay, but I love that. 🐣🥚🧺🐇💚💜🩷

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Bookbuyingaddict

An Elephant in My Kitchen: What the Herd Taught Me About Love, Courage and Survival | Francoise Malby-Anthony, Katja Willemsen

SouthAfrican lady has moved to my village and joined our bookclub she‘s picked this for our April read , she lived 10 m away from Tulahtulah a mix of heart break 💔 and love &fascinating I didn‘t know baby rhinos 🦏 were so gentle, as with all creatures on gods planet we actvery differently when Wer in danger or abused. I really do admire these wonderful people 🫶🏻 I wantto go ! Sneaking In a Read in the garden after work& before starting dinner

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Robotswithpersonality

The Falcon Thief: A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird | Joshua Hammer