- Date
- 2010-05
- Kind
- Publication
- Eras
- Modern era
- Concepts
- communicationconservationwildlifehuntingcommunity
- Within
- Beaver Island
Summary
Mitch Osman’s May 2010 “View from the End” letter satirized Beaver Island’s cormorant controversy and the idea of an annual “cormorant festival,” using humor to comment on hunting culture and proposed control measures.
Evidence limits
This is an attributed satire/letter, not a factual account of wildlife numbers, law-enforcement authority, or the status of any control action.
Sources
- Beaver Beacon, May 2010, "Letters: View from the End."Mitch Osman’s satirical letter riffs on the sequence of animals treated as nuisances, the cormorant controversy, and public discussion of harassment and lethal control; it is preserved as attributed satire, not factual wildlife guidance. No public copy of this file is known; the archive holds one and can provide it on request.data1 · beaver-island-archive · beaver_beacon · 2010-05_Beaver-Beacon
- The held issue scan confirms the letter.data1 · beaver-island-archive · scans · beaver_beacon · issues · 2010-05_Beaver-Beacon
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Cite this article
Beaver Island Archive, ““View from the End” satirizes Beaver Island cormorant controversy, 2010”, https://beaverislandarchive.org/events/beaver-island-view-from-the-end-cormorant-satire-2010/, accessed [date], citing Beaver Beacon, May 2010, "Letters: View from the End." (and 1 further source listed on the page).
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