Scientific Foundations of Zoos and Aquariums
Scientific Foundations of Zoos and Aquariums

Author: Allison B. Kaufman

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 2019-01-03

Total Pages: 697

ISBN-13: 1107199190

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Using first-person stories and approachable scientific reviews, this volume explores how zoos conduct and support science around the world.

Creative Conservation
Creative Conservation

Author: P.J. Olney

Publisher: Springer Science & Business Media

Published: 2012-12-06

Total Pages: 560

ISBN-13: 9401107211

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Past progress and future challenges R.J. Wheater Royal Zoological Society of Scotland, Edinburgh, UK. In the past two decades much has been achieved in the sphere of breeding endangered species, and we should be pleased that our co operative efforts have already borne so much fruit. However, on balance and despite the best efforts of conservationists, the position of wildlife in the wild places where they are best conserved has become worse, often dramatically worse. Before returning to the United Kingdom in 1972, I was in Uganda for 16 years, most of which time was spent as Chief Warden of Murchison Falls National Park. Our main problem was that an over-population of large mammals was having a devastating impact on the habitat. Devas tation was being wrought on woodland areas by the arrival of large numbers of elephants into the sanctuary of the Park, following changes in land use in the areas outside the Park. These changes were in response to the requirements of an ever-expanding human population.

The Black-footed Ferret
The Black-footed Ferret

Author: Alvin Silverstein

Publisher:

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 68

ISBN-13: 9781562945527

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Traces the near-extinction of this prairie animal and the work of the governmental agencies and wildlife biologists to protect it.

Wild Again
Wild Again

Author: David Jachowski

Publisher: Univ of California Press

Published: 2014-03-28

Total Pages: 252

ISBN-13: 0520281659

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This engaging personal account of one of America's most contested wildlife conservation campaigns has as its central character the black-footed ferret. Once feared extinct, and still one of North America's rarest mammals, the black-footed ferret exemplifies the ecological, social, and political challenges of conservation in the West, including the risks involved with intensive captive breeding and reintroduction to natural habitat. David Jachowski draws on more than a decade of experience working to save the ferret. His unique perspective and informative anecdotes reveal the scientific and human aspects of conservation as well as the immense dedication required to protect a species on the edge of extinction. By telling one story of conservation biology in practiceÑits routine work, triumphs, challenges, and inevitable conflictsÑthis book gives readers a greater understanding of the conservation ethic that emerged on the Great Plains as part of one of the most remarkable recovery efforts in the history of the Endangered Species Act.

PRAIRIE NIGHT
PRAIRIE NIGHT

Author: MILLER BRIAN

Publisher: Smithsonian Books (DC)

Published: 1996-07-17

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13:

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Century, reduced prairie dogs to 2 percent of their original range. Black-footed ferrets, animals that once coexisted with hundreds of millions of prairie dogs, were thought by 1979 to be extinct. An insider's critique of endangered-species policy in action, Prairie Night combines an understanding of the biology and natural history of the black-footed ferret with a record of the often controversial decisions on how to save it. In the early 1980s, biologists discovered a.

The Swift Fox
The Swift Fox

Author: Ludwig N. Carbyn

Publisher: University of Regina Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 9780889771543

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In 1998, biologists and endangered species experts met at an international symposium on swift foxes held in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, to exchange information and identify the state-of-the-science of swift fox ecology and status in North America. Papers presented at the symposium, together with other written afterwards, are brought together in this peer-reviewed volume.