Word: preys
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Wolf advocates respond that before the turn of the century, the West had hundreds of thousands of wolves, which began killing livestock only after hunters slaughtered most of the bison, elk and other prey. Yellowstone's superintendent, Robert Barbee, points out that the situation is now dramatically different: the park and surrounding wilderness have more elk and deer than at any time since the white man went west. One conservation group, the Defenders of Wildlife, is so confident that wolves will stick to abundant wild game that it has unveiled a plan to compensate ranchers for losses to wolf attacks...
...real life, the murderer is acquitted by an all-white jury, but over the next 30 years the murderer's family, unable to adapt to the new ways brought on by the civil rights movement, falls into poverty. The victim's family seeks solace in the North but falls prey to the evils of the inner city. In clean, elegant prose, Campbell offers a powerful reminder that racism is a crime for which everyone pays...
Lennie and George struggle to find a place for themselves in a world which disdains them. Lennie, a hulking giant with the mind and heart of a child, is prey to the cruelty of other's prejudice. Lennie's true Achille's heel, however, is his ignorance of his own brute strength. His physical power both builds and destroys his relationship with George. Herein lies the tragic contradiction of the film...
Lennie and George struggle to find a place for themselves in a world which disdains them. Lennie, a hulking giant with the mind and heart of a child, is prey to the cruelty of other's prejudice. Lennie's true Achille's heel, however, is his ignorance of his own brute strength. His physical power both builds and destroys his relationship with George. Herein lies the tragic contradiction of the film...
...reclusive owl is fast approaching extinction in places like Forks. Without the tall trees and well-shaded environment of the oldgrowth forest, the owl loses areas needed for nesting, canopy needed for cover and rotting longs needed to support its prey--mice and other rodents--on the forest floor. To put it plainly: no old trees, no spotted...