Human indecency – predator culling

Human indecency – predator culling

Several environmental justice leaning sites recently published updates about Alaska state government’s predator culling program. For ease of discussion, Grist’s article is easily accessible, and I think is a ‘should read’ around human / nature morality and ethics. The magnitude of the killing is alarming even beyond the questionable morality of the actions themselves. While…

What is “Spake the Kestrel”?

What is “Spake the Kestrel”?

Kestrels Kestrels are raptors. Small ones. Actually, the smallest falcon in N. America, and one of the most colorful. (resource: All About Birds, Cornell University). They’re fast, tenacious, and flexible – eating everything from insects, rodents, birds and even amphibians. Kestrel’s also seem to thrive where humans have created fields and meadows – rural and…