The South African Birds of Prey: Their Economic Relations to Man (Classic Reprint)
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Author(s)Haagner, Alwin Karl
PublisherForgotten Books
ISBN / ASIN1330474449
ISBN-139781330474440
MarketplaceFrance 🇫🇷
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Excerpt from The South African Birds of Prey: Their Economic Relations to Man
It is with some hesitation that I approach the subject of this paper, as the time has hardly arrived when we can formulate a perfectly correct digest of the economic value of our Raptorial birds. However, as no progress can well be expected without a "commencement," I have endeavoured to work out as correct a statement as our present knowledge will admit.
The enmity with which most of our Birds of Prey are regarded - even by educated men - is proverbial. This ill-feeling extends even to birds of such unquestionable utility as the owls, but in the latter case silly superstitions play an important part in their regrettable destruction. Some while back even the Transvaal Game Protection Association - an enlightened body of enthusiastic sportsmen - went so far as to propose the imposition of a reward upon every "hawk" destroyed. As a naturalist, and the secretary of our Bird Protection Committee, I felt it incumbent upon me to write a letter of protest, both from the point of view of the agriculturist and that of the naturalist. I objected to the word "hawk," pointing out that it was too wide a term, and likely to be misconstrued to such an extent that incalculable mischief would be wrought.
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It is with some hesitation that I approach the subject of this paper, as the time has hardly arrived when we can formulate a perfectly correct digest of the economic value of our Raptorial birds. However, as no progress can well be expected without a "commencement," I have endeavoured to work out as correct a statement as our present knowledge will admit.
The enmity with which most of our Birds of Prey are regarded - even by educated men - is proverbial. This ill-feeling extends even to birds of such unquestionable utility as the owls, but in the latter case silly superstitions play an important part in their regrettable destruction. Some while back even the Transvaal Game Protection Association - an enlightened body of enthusiastic sportsmen - went so far as to propose the imposition of a reward upon every "hawk" destroyed. As a naturalist, and the secretary of our Bird Protection Committee, I felt it incumbent upon me to write a letter of protest, both from the point of view of the agriculturist and that of the naturalist. I objected to the word "hawk," pointing out that it was too wide a term, and likely to be misconstrued to such an extent that incalculable mischief would be wrought.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
