The Price of Feathers
Clip: Season 31 Episode 1 | 3m 35sVideo has Closed Captions
The plume trend let to the mass slaughter of the highly prized plumed birds in Florida.
Plume, an arrangement of feather as ornament, especially the prized plume from wading birds in the Everglades surpassed the price of gold. The mass killing of these birds soon led to anti-plume campaign by the Florida Audubon Society, with support from the Florida Federation of Women’s Clubs and resulted in grassroots conservation movement.
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The Price of Feathers
Clip: Season 31 Episode 1 | 3m 35sVideo has Closed Captions
Plume, an arrangement of feather as ornament, especially the prized plume from wading birds in the Everglades surpassed the price of gold. The mass killing of these birds soon led to anti-plume campaign by the Florida Audubon Society, with support from the Florida Federation of Women’s Clubs and resulted in grassroots conservation movement.
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