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Author: John Arthur Hoyt
Publisher: Penguin
Published: 1994
Total Pages: 276
ISBN-13: 9780895296481
DOWNLOAD EBOOKArgues that the theory that endangered species must pay their own way to survive is a political expediency used to justify legalized killing in the name of conservation
Author: Catherine Barr
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Published: 2018-07-03
Total Pages: 0
ISBN-13: 1580898394
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAn interactive look at endangered animals imploring readers to discover fifteen species facing extinction. Inspired and endorsed by the "Red List" database of animals in peril maintained by the International Union for the Conservation of Nature (IUCN) this brightly illustrated book introduces species from six different habitats on six continents. Blending approachable text, secondary facts and lush art, Red Alert! offers full portraits of animals such as the Chinese giant salamander, the snow leopard, the blue whale, and the giant panda, and provides young activists additional resources for how they can help save these beautiful creatures.
Author: Millie Marotta
Publisher: Chronicle Books
Published: 2019-10-08
Total Pages: 114
ISBN-13: 1452177031
DOWNLOAD EBOOKFrom New York Times bestselling author Millie Marotta comes this gorgeous celebration of the animal kingdom. A Wild Child's Guide to Endangered Animals highlights the plight of 43 endangered species from around the world, including rare and well-known animals living in freshwater, oceans, forests, mountains, tundras, deserts, grasslands, and wetlands. Vivid illustrations bring caribous, axolotls, giraffes, agami herons, and many more to life on these rich and varied pages. Illuminating text relays the story of each species, from how they live and why they are endangered to what is being done about it. Complete with a map detailing where each species can still be found, this visually rich, timely, informative book raises awareness in the most spectacular way.
Author: Mat Gardener
Publisher: Martin J. Hibbs
Published: 101-01-01
Total Pages: 44
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is largely a scene setting introduction for the ones that follow and covers a time when the house where the CREATURES OF THE WILDERNESS live, changes hands. This results in the creatures' lives being turned upside down, because the new owners of the property decide to redesign the garden and tidy it up (threatening the creatures very existence). Fortunately for the creatures involved, Mr Green and Bernie Beetle join forces in an effort to stop the garden being cleared. Being the third book in the CREATURES OF THE WILDERNESS series, this book along with the others in this series, has been designed to teach children about life issues, their personal safety and the environment, using both human and animal characters such as Bernie Beetle and Mr Green the gardener as role models. This particular book has been purposely designed to show children and others just how much of an impact the redevelopment of land can have upon local wildlife.
Author: David Grainger
Publisher: Dutton Adult
Published: 1978
Total Pages: 200
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Raymond Bonner
Publisher: Vintage
Published: 2013-02-20
Total Pages: 421
ISBN-13: 0307830594
DOWNLOAD EBOOKDefying conventional wisdom even as it makes an impassioned plea for moral common sense, this book by an award-winning journalist sheds a new light on the history and politics of the African conservation movement. The book will anger and inspire anyone who cares about African wildlife and the people whose future is intertwined with the fate of these animals.
Author: Laura Schenone
Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company
Published: 2017-08-22
Total Pages: 359
ISBN-13: 039324878X
DOWNLOAD EBOOKNamed a Best Book of the Year by The Bark magazine After adopting an Irish sight hound, Laura Schenone discovers a remarkable and little-known fight to gain justice for dogs and for all animals. Greyhounds, bred to be the fastest racing dogs on earth, are streaks of lightning. Beautiful, astonishing creatures, countless numbers of them disappear each year once they can no longer compete and win. The Dogs of Avalon introduces us to the strong-willed Marion Fitzgibbon, born in rural Ireland, where animals are valued only for their utility. But Fitzgibbon believes that suffering is felt by all creatures, and she champions the cause of strays, baffling those around her—including her family—as she and a group of local women rescue any animal in need and taking on increasingly risky missions. When Fitzgibbon becomes head of the Irish Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals and focuses on the cause of the greyhound, she faces an entrenched racing industry protected by money and power. She joins forces with an American greyhound activist, a foxhunter’s wife, a British lady, and an influential German animal rescuer to create an international network to find these animals homes, confront the racing industry, and provide safe havens where animals can live in peace. The Dogs of Avalon brings forward the people on the other side of the tracks—Irish Travellers (a people whose Celtic history goes back centuries), dogmen who hope to win big—together with a host of animals on two continents—circus tigers in Ireland, wild monkeys in the Yucatan, dolphins in a marine animal park in Florida, and one very special Irish sight hound in New Jersey named Lily. In this potent David and Goliath story, Schenone’s journey helps us understand our deep connection to animals and gives us inspiration in the form of the unforgettable Fitzgibbon, who grapples with compassion and activism and shows the difference we are all capable of making in the world.
Author: Peter Verney
Publisher:
Published: 1979
Total Pages: 190
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book is a history of mankind's war against animals, detailing the hunting to extinction or near extinction of animals, using as examples species or sub-species of whale, fur-bearing animals, buffalo, elephants, birds, and big-game animals.
Author: Jeff VanderMeer
Publisher: Farrar, Straus and Giroux (BYR)
Published: 2020-07-07
Total Pages: 304
ISBN-13: 0374308896
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA Peculiar Peril is a head-spinning epic about three friends on a quest to protect the world from a threat as unknowable as it is terrifying, from the Nebula Award–winning and New York Times bestselling author of Annihilation, Jeff VanderMeer. Jonathan Lambshead stands to inherit his deceased grandfather’s overstuffed mansion—a veritable cabinet of curiosities—once he and two schoolmates catalog its contents. But the three soon discover that the house is filled with far more than just oddities: It holds clues linking to an alt-Earth called Aurora, where the notorious English occultist Aleister Crowley has stormed back to life on a magic-fueled rampage across a surreal, through-the-looking-glass version of Europe replete with talking animals (and vegetables). Swept into encounters with allies more unpredictable than enemies, Jonathan pieces together his destiny as a member of a secret society devoted to keeping our world separate from Aurora. But as the ground shifts and allegiances change with every step, he and his friends sink ever deeper into a deadly pursuit of the profound evil that is also chasing after them.
Author: Miles A. Powell
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Published: 2016-11-14
Total Pages: 260
ISBN-13: 0674971566
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction: A Nation's Park, Containing Man and Beast -- Chapter 1. Surviving Progress -- Chapter 2. Preserving the Frontier -- Chapter 3. A Line of Unbroken Descent -- Chapter 4. The Last of Her Tribe -- Chapter 5. Dead of Its Own Too-Much -- Epilogue: De-Extinction -- Notes -- Acknowledgments -- Index
