Download or read book The Influence of Man on Animal Life in Scotland written by James Ritchie and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2015-06-11 with total page 585 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Originally published in 1920, this book contains lectures on the subject of the impact of humanity on the animal population of Scotland. Ritchie examines how the presence of man affected the local fauna, either through deliberate manipulation, such as domestication and hunting, or as an indirect effect of actions such as deforestation.