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The Falcon Thief

A True Tale of Adventure, Treachery, and the Hunt for the Perfect Bird

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 A rollicking true-crime adventure about a rogue who trades in rare birds and their eggs—and the wildlife detective determined to stop him.

On May 3, 2010, an Irish national named Jeffrey Lendrum was apprehended at Britain’s Birmingham International Airport with a suspicious parcel strapped to his stomach. Inside were fourteen rare peregrine falcon eggs snatched from a remote cliffside in Wales.

So begins a tale almost too bizarre to believe, following the parallel lives of a globe-trotting smuggler who spent two decades capturing endangered raptors worth millions of dollars as race champions—and Detective Andy McWilliam of the United Kingdom’s National Wildlife Crime Unit, who’s hell bent on protecting the world’s birds of prey.

The Falcon Thief whisks readers from the volcanoes of Patagonia to Zimbabwe’s Matobo National Park, and from the frigid tundra near the Arctic Circle to luxurious aviaries in the deserts of Dubai, all in pursuit of a man who is reckless, arrogant, and gripped by a destructive compulsion to make the most beautiful creatures in nature his own. It’s a story that’s part true-crime narrative, part epic adventure—and wholly unputdownable until the very last page. Science Sciences biologiques True Crime Vols et cambriolages Voyage et aventure Aventure Royaume-Uni Afrique

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"Narrator Matthew Lloyd Davies infuses this story of rare-egg theft with all the tension and excitement it deserves. In 2010, a man carrying 14 peregrine falcon eggs was detained at a British airport. This audiobook brings to light Jeffrey Lendrum's career as a smuggler of wild bird eggs destined for rich clients in the Middle East, where falcon racing is popular, especially among the very wealthy. Davies expertly matches his tone to the material, which ranges from breathless adventure, as Lendrum scales cliffs seeking aeries, to the tamer but still fascinating history of falconry, oology, and egg collectors. With perfect pacing, Davies brings every aspect of this exotic story to life: Lendrum himself, the detective who helped convict him, and the underworld of wildlife crime."
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What a fascinating look at an aspect of crime that I was completely unaware of. The falcons are pretty interesting. I am not sure what I think of the falcon racing in the Middle East. Regardless, the egg snatching is deplorable. This examination of the worst egg snatcher was eye opening. I like how the book started, with the capture of a thief in an airport, caught with eggs strapped to his body.

Fascinating

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The story educates the listener to the dark world of stealing from nature. Jeffery Lendrums crimes in exchange for a few dollars has likely genetically changed many raptor populations around the world. And for every thief there are partners and parties willing to accept and enable the pillaging which forever alters our natural world. Fascinating listen.

Wildlife thief.

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Really enjoyed this book and the narration. Well done from start to finish I felt it was true.

Great book!

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