📗 Libro en inglés BIRDS, BEASTS AND BEDLAM

One of the most remarkable figures in British conservation Observer Gow reinvents what it means to be a guardian of the countryside Guardian Courageous visionary funny Isabella Tree A brilliant read Benedict Macdonald He gets stuff done Highly entertaining but also a heartfelt plea for a wilder more inspiring Britain Hugh Fearnley WhittingstallBirds Beasts and Bedlam recounts the adventures of Britain s favourite maverick rewilder Derek Gow and his single minded mission to save our rarest wildlife one species at a time Author of Bringing Back the Beaver and Hunt for the Shadow Wolf Derek shares his personal courageous and highly entertaining tales in Birds Beasts and Bedlam including how he raised a sofa loving wild boar piglet transported a raging bison bull across the UK got bitten by a Scottish wildcat and together with Isabella Tree and Charlie Burrell restored the ancient white stork to the pioneering Knepp Estate After a Shetland ewe captured his heart as a boy Derek grew up to become a farmer with a passion for ancient breeds When he realised how many of our species were close to extinction even on his own land Derek tore down fences literally and metaphorically transforming his traditional Devon farm into a 300 acre rew