| Description |
1 online resource (x, 309 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Contents |
Escargot, anyone? -- Ironkids bread -- The tragedy in Philadelphia and the miracle in Chicago -- When a butterfly sneezes -- The telemetric egg -- A virus among us -- Lions and tigers and bears -- Golden tamarins and ferrets with black feet -- Ralph Neds I have known -- Immaculate conception -- The stradivarius of birds -- We haven't lost anybody (yet) -- Skukuza -- The panda wars -- This would be a nice place--if it weren't for the visitors -- The problem with PETA -- Zoos of the future -- Sailing with Noah |
| Summary |
"An intensely personal, behind-the-scenes look at modern zoos, written in a lively, accessible style. Through a variety of true stories, some funny, some sad, occurring in different cities and on different continents, Bonner describes the changing role of zoos and argues that conservation is the shared responsibility of all mankind"--Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 299-301) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
| Subject |
Zoos -- Anecdotes
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NATURE -- Animals -- General.
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SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Zoology -- General.
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NATURE -- Animals -- Wildlife.
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Zoos
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Zoos -- Anecdotes.
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| Genre/Form |
Anecdotes
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Anecdotes.
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Anecdotes.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2005031401 |
| ISBN |
9780826265142 |
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0826265146 |
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0826216366 |
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9780826216366 |
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