William Tyler
- Dec 13, 2022
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Cows, Cats, and Canaries - JW3 talk this Friday

Our close contact with the Animal World

Churchill and Pets

Introduction to domestic farm animals and pets

Cows A Case Study

Aurochs

Oxen

Pets: An historical introduction

Canaries

Cats - History and folklore

Acts against Cruelty to Animals

Re-Wilding - 21st century and the threat to the planet

Principal Books referred to

Till the Cows Come Home Philip Walling

Working Oxen Martin Watts

Man and the Natural World Keith Thomas

Medieval Pets Kathleen Walker-Meikle

Animal Companions Ingrid Tague

Wilding Isabella Tree

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