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Tristan da Cunha Island, 274–75
Trudeau, Pierre, 495, 507
trumpeter swan, 91
Truro, 182, 186
tryworks, 35, 296, 366. See also shore stations; train oil
for seal oil, 415, 416, 445
on ships, 271
for walrus oil, 388, 396, 399, 407
for whale oil, 258, 266–68, 271, 278, 286
white bears and, 117
Tuck, Leslie, 42–43
tuna, 239–44, 427, 517. See also bluefin tuna
turkey, wild, 102
Turner, Lucien M., 63, 142
turnstone, 84
Tusket Islands, 27
Ungava District, 60, 139–44, 148
United Nations, 342, 482, 511–12
United States, 192. See also New England
buffalo in, 173–77
and fish, 220, 241
and seal hunt, 471, 504, 509, 512
and whales, 279, 332
and white bear, 131–33, 134n
U.S. Biological Survey, 138
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, 279, 305
U.S. Fish Commission, 47
U.S. Marine Mammals Commission, 490
U.S. Navy, 229, 331
varying hare, 125, 154, 157, 184
Vega, 360
Viking, 360–61
Vikings. See Norsemen
Virgin Rock, 26
Wadham Islands, 23
Walker, John, 169–70
Wallace, Dillon, 142–43
walrus, 119, 262, 375–76, 377–407, 409
extermination of, 379, 387, 396, 414
food of, 378–79, 389
hide of, 378–81, 393, 400, 404
ivory of, 388, 400, 404, 406
killing of, 304, 384–86, 397–400
as meat source, 393, 404
as oil source, 35, 256, 380, 392, 400–402, 404–5
rookeries of, 392, 396
water buffalo, 166
water dogs, 187–88
water marten. See sea mink (fisher)
Watson, Paul, 497–99, 518
weasel, 125, 150, 162n
Weekend Magazine, 482–85
Wetmore, Alexander, 85
Weymouth, George, 27, 283
whalebone. See baleen
A Whale for the Killing (Mowat), 325n
Whale Harbour. See Buterus
whale oil. See train oil
whalers, 128–30, 270–76, 404. See also whaling industry
Basque, 258–69, 291, 293
deep-sea, 279, 287
from England, 280, 295–97, 311
from Holland, 285–86, 295–97
from Japan, 275, 279, 332, 342, 363, 519
from Korea, 278, 279
from Norway, 279, 312–22, 324–30, 334, 337–39, 363–65, 368
pirate, 275, 276–77
from Scotland, 302–4, 361–63
whales, 119–20, 259–62, 284, 324–25, 342–43
as animal feed, 338, 354–55, 369–72
as fertilizer, 330, 338
fishing industry and, 222, 342, 350–54, 518
killing of, 265–66, 328–34
as meat source, 363, 364
as oil source, 35, 256, 270, 338, 364
as target practice, 329, 331, 427
whale-watching, 356, 365
whaling industry, 332–33, 340, 519. See also whalers
in Canada, 269, 337–43
killer boats in, 313–20, 325–29, 332–33, 337–38, 361–65, 370, 463
in New England, 285–87
shore stations in, 326–27, 330, 334, 353, 363
wastage in, 266, 271, 299, 311, 326–27, 371–72
whimbrel, 76–78
whistling swan, 91
Whitbourne, Richard, 30, 45, 208, 232–33
white bear, 112, 113–35, 191
diet of, 119, 127
killing of, 120–24, 128–33, 304
as nomad, 124–25, 128
White Bear Bay, 115
White Bear River, 121, 226
whitecoats, 439, 508–9. See also harp seal
“harvesting” of, 488, 505
killing of, 420–21, 444–49, 476, 508–9
media images of, 471, 473, 492
pelts of, 451, 455–57, 466–69, 478, 481–82, 488, 495
protection of, 477–80
white fox, 126, 189–91
white ibis, 99
white-rumped sandpiper, 86
White Sea, 463, 470
white-sided dolphin, 348
white whale. See beluga whale
whooping crane, 100
wildlife management
and ice seals, 449, 481, 486, 499
and lobsters, 252
and seals, 417, 423–24, 426, 431, 449
and whaling, 333, 339, 369–72
and wolves, 197–202
willet, 79
Williams, H.A., 490
Williamsport, 337n, 339
willow ptarmigan, 103
Wilson’s snipe, 84
wisent, 166
witch flounder, 215–16
Witless Bay, 54, 58
wolf, 145, 167, 194–202. See also coyote
wolf fish, 216
wolverine, 158–60, 181
Wood, William, 162–63, 179, 235, 237, 249
wood buffalo, 167, 170, 174
Wood Buffalo National Park, 101
wood duck, 93
World Bobcat Hunt, 186
World Society for the Protection of Animals, 495
World War I, 329, 461
World War II, 331–32, 362, 461
Wrangell Island, 134, 406
Wright, Bruce S., 181
Wright, Thomas, 146
yellowlegs, 85–86
yellowtail, 216
Yonge, James, 101, 195
Yukon Territory, 179, 201
Zapata Pathfinder, 241–42
zoos. See specimen collectors
About the Author
Farley Mowat was born in Belleville, Ontario, in 1921. He began writing upon his return from serving in World War II and has since written 44 books, which have sold nearly 25 million copies in more than 60 countries. He spent much of his youth in Saskatoon and has lived in Ontario, Cape Breton and Newfoundland, while travelling frequently to Canada’s far north. Throughout, Mowat has remained a determined environmentalist, despairing at the ceaseless work of human cruelty. His ability to capture the tragic comedy of life on earth has made him a national treasure in Canada and a beloved storyteller to readers around the world. He lives in Port Hope, Ontario.
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