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Record Nr.

UNINA9910693994703321

Autore

Parry-Jones Jemima

Titolo

Falconry / / by Jemima Parry-Jones

Pubbl/distr/stampa

[Colorado Springs, Colo.] : , : U.S. Air Force Academy Library, , [1959]

ISBN

9781446359730

1446359735

Edizione

[Rev.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (1 v.)

1 online resource

Collana

Special bibliography series ; ; no. 3

Disciplina

799.2/32

Soggetti

Falconry

Recreation & Sports

Social Sciences

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Sommario/riassunto

Jemima Parry-Jones has devoted most of her life to working with animals, primarily birds of prey. This eBook, written with vast authority, takes the whole subject of falconry further. Jemima explains some of the motives behind the sport of falconry, the background to captive breeding, and shows how to approach both in a practical and ethical way. Details are given on the most suitable birds, on how to care for birds of prey, preventative medicine, treatment and rehabilitation to the wild of injured wild birds of prey, the ins and outs of captive breeding, falconry law and vitally important aspect of conservation.