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A little wildness
To salve her longing for a dog, Rowan Hisayo Buchanan chose a puppy. She found that, despite centuries of domestication, her dog still retains aspects of her wild ancestry.
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Drawing the human animal
We might try to deny our animal instincts, but this series of extraordinary 17th-century drawings suggests they are only too apparent.
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The intimate and invasive art of ethical taxidermy
Does displaying dead animals bring us closer to nature, or drive us further apart?
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The men who meddled with nature
The ‘acclimatisation societies’ of the 19th century sought to ‘improve’ on the natural world by releasing non-native species into the wild. The effects were disastrous.
Catalogue
- Archives and manuscripts
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Article "Counting Wild Animals"
Date: 1947Reference: HALDANE/2/1/2/192Part of: Haldane Papers- Archives and manuscripts
Wild Flowers, Grasses and Mosses
Date: c1884Reference: GALTON/2/5/5/3Part of: Galton Papers- Pictures
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Two wild boars, or warthogs. Cut-out engravings pasted onto paper, 16--?.
Date: [between 1600 and 1699?]Reference: 580825iPart of: Scrapbook album containing cut-outs of animals and mythical beasts- Pictures
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A wild boar (or warthog?) and a monkey. Cut-out engraving pasted onto paper, 16--?.
Date: [between 1600 and 1699?]Reference: 580925iPart of: Scrapbook album containing cut-outs of animals and mythical beasts- Books
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Destruction of life in India by wild animals / J. Fayrer.
Fayrer, Joseph, Sir, 1824-1907.Date: 1883