{"product_id":"9781915294616-birds-beasts-bedlam","title":"Birds, Beasts and Bedlam","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTurning My Farm into an Ark for Lost Species\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘One of the most remarkable figures in British conservation.’\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e \u003cem\u003eObserver\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Gow reinvents what it means to be a guardian of the countryside.’ \u003cem\u003eGuardian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Courageous, visionary, funny.’ Isabella Tree\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘A brilliant read.’ Benedict Macdonald\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘He gets stuff done. Highly entertaining but also a heartfelt plea for a wilder, more inspiring Britain.’\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eHugh Fearnley-Whittingstall\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003eBirds, Beasts and Bedlam\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e recounts the adventures of Britain’s favourite maverick rewilder, Derek Gow, and his single-minded mission to save our rarest wildlife – one species at a time.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAuthor of \u003cem\u003eBringing Back the Beaver\u003c\/em\u003e and \u003cem\u003eHunt for the Shadow Wolf\u003c\/em\u003e, Derek shares his personal, courageous and highly entertaining tales in \u003cem\u003eBirds, Beasts and Bedlam\u003c\/em\u003e, including how he raised a sofa-loving wild boar piglet, transported a raging bison bull across the UK, got bitten by a Scottish wildcat and, together with Isabella Tree and Charlie Burrell, restored the ancient white stork to the pioneering Knepp Estate.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter a Shetland ewe captured his heart as a boy, Derek grew up to become a farmer with a passion for ancient breeds. When he realised how many of our species were close to extinction – even on his own land – Derek tore down fences literally and metaphorically, transforming his traditional Devon farm into a 300-acre rewilding haven for beavers, water voles, lynx, wildcats, harvest mice, wild boar and more. A project that is still ongoing today.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eBirds, Beasts and Bedlam\u003c\/em\u003e continues the rich tradition of great British nature writing and is a natural bedfellow to Gerald Durrell’s \u003cem\u003eA Zoo in My Luggage. \u003c\/em\u003ePassionate, subversive and unforgettable, \u003cem\u003eBirds, Beasts and Bedlam\u003c\/em\u003e will leave you imagining a rewilded landscape filled with our lost native birds and wildlife.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘A do-er, not a dreamer, Gow has become one of our most outspoken rewilders.’ \u003cem\u003eCountryfile Magazine\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘In this warm and funny autobiography, [Gow] writes with a whimsical fluency about the moments of humour and pathos in an unusual life.’ \u003cem\u003eCountry Life\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":41806532673633,"sku":"9781915294616","price":10.95,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_29936101.jpg?v=1725868976","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781915294616-birds-beasts-bedlam","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}