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A must read, this book outlines the
basic ideas behind Zoo Check and the Born Free Foundation. One of those
pivotal books which has challenged and changed our thinking in the area
of conservation and attitudes about zoos.
Stephanie
Mills
Lending her voice to the rapidly growing field of land restoration, the author examines a grassroots effort that has contributed new botanical, zoological, and geological knowledge.
Mills proposes a program for restoring
the land's poor cousins, over logged forests and played-out fields, wildcat
dumps and silted-up rivers, to something of their former health.
Roger Fouts, Stephen Tukel Mills, Jane
Goodall (Introduction)
While studying theories of communication, Fouts (Psychology/Central Washington Univ.) learned more from the chimps in his American Sign Language program than he expected, and he tells their story with great insight and affection. Fouts believes the most important things he learned is that these animals do not belong in cages, and no matter how much compassion and respect is given these research subjects, morally and ethically, keeping them in captivity is wrong. He details the barbaric conditions in which lab animals are kept and the painful tests they are put through, in powerfully soulful language. And though he can't be counted among the draconians, Fouts recognizes his own culpability in the diminished lives of his charges.
Detailing the conditions many animals must overcome in their natural habitats and the prospects for recovery by those already on the brink of extinction, zoologist Colin Tudge draws the conclusion that humans must intervene now to preserve and breed endangered species in captivity, pending some hoped for reintroduction of recovered species at a later and safer time.
The Field Guide to the Birds of New Zealand
B. D. Heather, Hugh A.
Robertson, Derek J. Onley (Illustrator)
Published by Oxford Univ Press
Publication date: August 1, 1997
Hardcover
(US$95.00) or Paperback
(usually US$39.95 - currently US$31.96 save 20%)
This is an essential book for locals, or overseas naturalists visiting New Zealand. Divided into two parts, the first is a general identification guide, with brief descriptions and distribution maps facing colour illustrations of the species. The second provides much more detail on the distribution, population status, breeding and behaviour of the 328 endemic and introduced bird species found in New Zealand.
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