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Sailing with Noah : stories from the world of zoos / Jeffrey P. Bonner.

Bonner, Jeffrey P.
2006
QL76 .B66 2006 (Mapit)
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Title
Sailing with Noah : stories from the world of zoos / Jeffrey P. Bonner.
Author
Bonner, Jeffrey P.
ISBN
9780826216373 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0826216374 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0826216366 (alk. paper)
9780826216366 (alk. paper)
Published
Columbia : University of Missouri Press, [2006]
Copyright
©2006
Language
English
Description
x, 309 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Call Number
QL76 .B66 2006
Dewey Decimal Classification
590.73
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, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. 299-301) and index.
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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.

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