Catchup

A roundup of bloggish news, brief but I hope interesting.

"Wild Play": Alpha Enviros don't grow in front of computer screens.

When John Craighead and Jane Goodall are on the same page, maybe we'd best listen.

(John must be ninety now-- we should all be that tough).

Go to Matt's blog for an important post on the attempt to separate "sport" from "subsistence" hunting:

"A successful lobbyist, columnist and fundraiser, the media-friendly Pacelle knows this war is one best fought with words. No weapon is more useful, malleable, portable or cost-effective than a carefully chosen phrase. So when the US Fish and Wildlife Service—a supporter of hunting and thus an agent of the enemy—chooses of its own accord to single out “sport hunting” for a special review, Wayne Pacelle could not be more pleased.

"He grins and gives his neutered cat an extra scratch behind the ears, careful of that tender spot above the microchip...."

Read. The. Whole. Thing.

Kazakh eaglers have become a tourist draw. I don't particularly like the bagged fox deal, though. The tourist who compared that to bullfighting may be closer than he realizes.