(Very brief summary: Fish-eating bald eagles died off on the islands due to the damage DDT did to their eggs non-native golden eagles moved in to fill the void and started eating the foxes and an introduced pig species the diurnal foxes, who had not known any natural predators, became easy meals, and their numbers dwindled to unsustainable levels, down to 15 individuals on two of the six islands where they are found.) For one thing, I’m involved with an organization that supports conservation efforts around the island fox, a small fox native to the California Channel Islands that was indirectly driven to the brink of extinction by DDT. I thought this would mostly be review for me since I’m already aware of the harm that DDT has caused. I considered it something I simply had to read if I was going to continue to claim to be a science lover and environmentalist. Silent Spring, Rachel Carson’s powerful, 1962 non-fiction book documenting the damage caused by widespread and indiscriminate use of pesticides, has been on my TBR for a long time.
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