Landon Allen
3/24/2010
The Hidden Life of Deer
Elizabeth Thomas
229 pgs.
Rating: 7
The Hidden Life of Deer was about an autumn in New Hampshire when the food supply for deer wasn’t as good as usual and the deer were struggling and dying. To help the deer, Elizabeth fed them every day and the deer came everyday. It wasn’t just one or two deer-it was a whole herd of about twenty-five deer. Her actions are controversial; some say feeding deer is okay, but others say it hurts them more than it helps them. Elizabeth believed it helped them.
While reading the book, I learned a lot about wildlife and how much we hurt it without even thinking. One example is when Elizabeth had a mouse problem in her house. She tried setting traps, but they didn’t work so she had no choice but to use poison. It worked well on the mice, but it also got into the ecosystem in her neighborhood. After the mice died, some animals came to eat them and they got poisoned. Even some neighbors’ pets were becoming sick and dying from just a little rat poison. After reading this book, I learned to think twice before doing something that could affect wildlife. Thanks to Elizabeth for sharing her encounters with deer and other wildlife, I can do my part to help our wildlife stay healthy.
Landon this book seems like one i would like to read, because I also in a way feed deer. I have apple trees in my front yard and the deer are always eating them. I think that feedin deer is okay as long as it is by planting fruit trees or some plant that they will eat, at a spot where the deer typically travel. This way your are providing them with food, but they still have to be able to get them off of the tree.
ReplyDeleteDo people think is unethical to feed deer with no intention of hunting? Why
ReplyDeleteI like the sound of this book. I love hunting, and this book by the sounds of it, gives a lot of information about deer. Landon, you can connect to a lot of things in this book because you hunt. Your post makes me want to help more on the wildlife. I would like to read this book, and i think the more people who read this, the more people who would want to help.
ReplyDeleteNice job Landon. You really had a good summery of the book. I have also read it and you described it perfectly. I would suggest this book to all students into wildlife. Nice depth and fluency Landon! :D
ReplyDeleteI like the sound of this book, too. It sounds like the author shares a lot of information about wildlife where we live, a great way for us to become more aware of how we affect our environment. We don't have it in our library but is is something I will look into getiing, it sounds like others are very interested, as well. Great book choice and review!
ReplyDeleteThis book seems perfect for you! I am not into all the wildlife things, but this book seems interesting.I like how this book was written by a women, because usually it is the men who talk about and explore the creatures living between the trees. Do you think it would have been a lot different if it was written by a man?
ReplyDeleteLandon, I know that you hunt or at least have in the past. After reading this book have you changed your opinion on hunting also? I know that that is also a very controversial subject, especially in NH where it is such a common practice.
ReplyDeleteJust like Madison, it suprised me to ind out this book was written by a woman. Considoring there are many controverial subjects in this book did you have many conflicting thoughs in your head while reading? Is this book more about wildlife or actual deer? Is it more of a story about Elizabeth helping the wildlife and deer or more of the facts presented in the book itslef? Now I am kind of intrigued to find the answers to my questions :)
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