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The C.A.S.H. Courier Newsletter
Spring 2012 Issue
New Anti-hunting book now available: Exposing the Big Game: Living Targets of a Dying Sport
To order through Amazon, follow the link on the right hand column here: http://www.earth-books.net/books/exposing-the-big-game
To see Jim's amazing wildlife photography, visit
Animals in the Wild.
For signed copies of his book, contact Jim at exposingthebiggame@gmail.com
During
the Nineteenth century, a serial killer known as Buffalo Bill terrorized the
American West, shooting and dismembering his victims, who numbered in the
thousands. But no special agents from the F.B.I. headquarters in Quantico
were sent to stop Bill, or the procession of copycat killers who joined in
the fun. The carnage was endorsed and encouraged; the victims, though
gregarious, caring and benign, were nonhuman, after all.
A holocaust 10
times over…. 60 million bison, a species once synonymous with the Great
Plains, were massacred in a shameful era that nearly brought an end to them,
along with elk, wolves, grizzlies, prairie dogs and every other animal
hunters could get a bead on.
Still more shocking is that nowadays hunting
is considered a sport. Modern hunters feel no remorse for the onslaught, nor
empathy for the victims. Indeed, they are targeting those very same species
with glee.
Exposing the Big Game takes on hunting and defends the animals
with equal passion, while challenging the readers to reexamine their stance
on killing for sport.
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REVIEWS & ENDORSEMENTS
- Robertson’s new book could be titled The Big and
Dirty Game, because that’s what it is about — the dirty, bloody business of
killing other animals for sport and fun. Fun? Sure, that’s what the
Sportsmen say – but read about it for yourself . . . ~ Farley Mowat,
Author of Never Cry Wolf and A Whale for the Killing
- With humor and
poignant satire, Jim Robertson reveals the ugly underbelly of the
“consumptive use” minority that has so dominated, exploited, and desecrated
America’s native wildlife since colonialism. From coyotes to bison to ravens
and prairie dogs, Jim shows how each of these animals has been unfairly
maligned, misunderstood and often slaughtered in unfathomable numbers in the
name of “wildlife management.” At once a no-holds-barred revelation of North
America’s ongoing war against wildlife, Exposing the Big Game is also a
celebration of these animals, their rich and complex lives, their
individuality and their important ecological role. With gorgeous images Jim
captures the beauty and majesty of each of his chosen subjects, balancing
sometimes painfully honest prose about America’s relentless persecution of
species— hunted as trophies, trapped for profit or fun or killed because
they are simply deemed undesirable— with the gentle and fierce beauty of the
non-human animal kingdom. ~ Camilla H. Fox, Executive Director, Project
Coyote and co-author of Coyotes in Our Midst and Cull of the Wild
- Exposing the Big Game is a must read for anyone interested in the “sport” of
hunting. There’s nothing sporting or fair about going out to kill innocent
wild animals for the fun of it. Doing this means adopting a perverse set of
values. If killing a dog bothers you, as it should, then so should killing
other animals. Far too many sentient beings find themselves in the
crosshairs of people who claim they love the animals they kill. I’m glad
they don’t love me. ~ Marc Bekoff, University of Colorado, Boulder; author
of The Emotional Lives of Animals and The Animal Manifesto
- Jim
Robertson is best known for his breathtaking wildlife photography as well as
his clear and thought-provoking articles about wildlife and the cruel,
repulsive and altogether perverse nature of hunting. Now Jim has put it all
together: his spectacular photography, the indisputable facts and clear
reasoning in “Exposing the Big Game.” Jim does not mince words in describing
the senselessness and depravity of hunting and the psychopaths who kill for
pleasure. ~ Peter Muller, President and co-founder of the League of Humane
Voters
- For years, Jim Robertson has inspired reverence for wildlife
through his photography. Now he has created a book that ought to be
mandatory reading for those who still think there’s reverence in hunting. ~
Ethan Smith, Author of Building an Ark: 101 Solutions to Animal Suffering
- I read this book with wonderment at what our species has done to other
species, and with admiration for how staunchly Jim Robertson comes to the
defense of those other species, with intelligence, humor, understanding, but
above all, compassion. Warning to all hunters: this book could be
life-changing, both for you and the animals so senselessly killed. Jim ends
his book with these ringing words, both true and eloquent: The passenger
pigeon, the great auk and the Steller‘s sea cow each held a worthy place in
nature. The same cannot be said of sport hunting. Sooner or later, the
obdurate hunter crouching in the darkness of ages past must cave in and make
peace with the animals or rightfully, if figuratively, die off and be
replaced with a more compassionate, more evolved earthling—one who
appreciates nonhumans as unique individuals, fellow travelers through life
with their own unassailable rights to share the planet. ~ Jeffrey Masson,
Author of When Elephants Weep, and Dogs Make Us Human
- Exposing the Big
Game, a passionate and informed indictment of America’s hunting culture,
exposes the savagery, cruelty, environmental recklessness and yes, the
pathology of this most murderous of sports. Jim Robertson is that rarest of
breeds, a talented writer with a gift for telling a story who is also a
lifelong outdoorsman with a profound knowledge of the natural world as well
as a compassionate human being with a deep love for all living creatures.
Exposing the Big Game is quite simply a masterpiece, a treasure not to be
missed by anyone who cares about wildlife, the environment and living gently
on planet Earth. ~ Norm Phelps, Author of The Longest Struggle: Animal
Advocacy from Pythagoras to PETA.
- I find Exposing the Big Game to be a
very inspiring book. Jim Robertson has a gifted eye for wildlife photography
and his writing incorporates humor, insight and factual observations. ~
Captain Paul Watson, Founder and President of Sea Shepherd Conservation
Society
- Not since Cleveland Amory’s Man Kind? Our Incredible War on
Wildlife, has a book been more explosive in exposing the politics,
hypocrisies, and brutality of big game hunting in North America than Jim
Robertson’s Exposing the Big Game. Robertson has keenly studied hunters and
their lobbies for as long as he’s professionally studied wildlife behind the
lens of his camera — and he knows them all well. In Exposing the Big Game,
Robertson strips away the veil behind the claims of government agencies and
hunters themselves to show us the stark reality behind the suffering,
decimation, and endangerment of America’s wild animals that are targeted by
sportsmen ~ Laura Moretti, Founder of The Animals Voice
- Jim Robertson
is not only an enormously talented wildlife photographer; he provides a much
needed voice for the animals whom he captures so beautifully with his camera
lens. Chapter by chapter, the reader is introduced to each species and
learns detailed facts about their natural behaviour, their daily lives, and
the important place that each holds in the ecosystem. We also read of the
seemingly endless ways in which humans have historically exploited,
terrorized, and brutally extirpated these animals. This brutality (which
continues today), juxtaposed against the stunningly beautiful photographs,
sends a powerful message. It is a message of empathy and understanding, and
also one of much needed change in our nation’s wildlife management
“practices.” Kudos to Jim Robertson for possessing the deep knowledge, the
talent, and the courage to convey this message in a way that is at once both
spectacular and powerful. ~ Linda Case, Author of Canine and Feline Behavior
and Training
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