A Message from Martha: The Extinction of the Passenger Pigeon and its Relevance Today communication and bird society

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A Message from Martha: The Extinction of the Passenger Pigeon and its Relevance Today communication and bird societySeptember 1st, 2014 sees the centenary of one of the best documented extinctions in history the demise of the Passenger Pigeon. From being the commonest bird on the planet 50 years earlier, the species became extinct with the death in Cincinatti Zoo of Martha, the last of her kind. A Message from Martha marks the centenary of that tragic event. Built around the framework of a visit to the pigeon's former haunts in eastern North America by author Mark