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...fire. In keeping with the pub's rustic feel, Pern serves food that's in season: fish in the summer and game birds and venison in the winter. And like publicans of old, he sources his produce locally. The village and its environs provide an ample supply of partridge, pheasant and grouse, as well as quail, duck and guinea-fowl eggs - and no fewer than three types of honey. The Star grows its own herbs and some of its own vegetables on a four-acre patch. Fish is brought daily from nearby Hartlepool on the North...
While many large networks like ESPN and TNN show a little fishing and hunting, those pursuits account for 70% of the programming on TOC. Viewers can pick up tips about the liveliest trout streams and pheasant ranges in North America, along with pointers on how to bag the game. The closest thing the channel has to a rival, Comcast's Outdoor Life Network (which has a licensing agreement with a unit of AOL Time Warner, TIME magazine's parent company), reaches three times as many viewers but focuses much more on sports like cycling and kayaking. Another difference: TOC runs...
Animal species on the brink of extinction can be given a second chance through protection and captive breeding--even if preserving a habitat conflicts with economic interests. A company in Taiwan planned to build a rapid-transit line right through the only major remaining breeding ground of the rare pheasant-tailed jacana. There was an outcry, but it was the only economically viable route. Environmentalists worked with the company to come up with a solution--moving the breeding ground. Water was diverted back into nearby wetlands that had been drained by farmers, and suitable vegetation was replanted. In 2000 five...
...baby boomers are demanding something more elaborate for themselves and their dearly departed. In Florida, retired golfers are having their cremated remains scattered on putting greens. Canuck's Sportsman's Memorials Inc., based in Des Moines, Iowa, packs the ashes of duck- and pheasant-hunting enthusiasts into shotgun shells. They are later fired into the air during a ceremony in the woods for family and friends. If you're an ocean lover, Eternal Reefs Inc. in Atlanta will place your ashes inside an artificial reef for $850 to $3,200. Celestis, a company based in Houston, will launch your ashes...
...heavy blow last week. In a parliamentary vote, Prime Minister Tony Blair's massed ranks of Labour Party deputies voted to ban the practice outright. It isn't the law yet--the House of Lords (another eccentric English institution) and the Queen (who was recently photographed strangling a wounded pheasant) must eventually give their consent. But the Queen and her Lordships have about as much clout in Cool Britannia as foxhunters and retired generals. Centuries of English rural loopiness will therefore shortly join the ranks of extinguished British institutions, like red telephone boxes, farthings and large, expensive empires...