Wildlife heroes :40 leading conservationists and the animals they are committed to saving
Philadelphia, PA
Running Press
c2012
264 p. : col. ill. ; 24 cm.
Earth: working on the ground. Introduction / by Kuki Gallmann -- Gregory Rasmussen : African painted dog -- Belinda Low : Grevy's zebra -- Claudine Andre : bonobo -- Rogerio Cunha de Paula : maned wolf -- John Lukas : okapi -- Luke Dollar : fossa -- Patricia Medici : tapirs -- Raoul Du Toit : African rhinoceroses -- Leandro Silveira : jaguar -- Elena Bykova : saiga -- Claudia Feh : Przewalski's horse -- Eugene Rutagarama : mountain gorilla -- Shivani Bhalla : lion -- Claudio Sillero : Ethiopian wolf -- Nguyen Van Thai : Asian pangolins -- Laurie Marker : cheetah -- Iain Douglas-Hamilton : African elephants -- Water: working in the oceans and rivers. Introduction / by Ted Danson -- Brent Stewart : whale shark -- Gerald Kooyman : emperor penguin -- Vera da Silva : Amazon river dolphin -- Karen Eckert : sea turtles -- Amanda Vincent : seahorses -- David Wiley : great whales -- Diane McTurk : giant river otter -- Air: working the sky and canopy. Introduction / by Stefanie Powers -- Alison Jolly : lemurs -- Merlin Tuttle : bats -- Rosamira Guillen : cotton-top tamarin -- Felicity Arengo : South American flamingos -- Siew Te Wong : sun bear -- Deborah Tabart : koala -- George Archibald : cranes -- Marc Ancrenaz : Bornean orangutan -- Fire: working on the most critical wildlife issues. Introduction / by Jay Inslee -- Kassie Siegel : climate change -- Grace Ge Gabriel : wildlife consumption -- Judy St. Leger : wildlife disease -- Wangari Maathai : habitat loss -- Sylvia Earle : ocean degradation -- Edgardo Griffith : amphibian decline -- Steve Galster : wildlife trade -- May Berenbaum : pollinator decline -- How to help: working together to make a difference. Introduction / by Jack Hanna -- Doing your part -- Deeper commitment -- Support the work of the heroes
، Wildlife conservation
، Wildlife conservationists
، Endangered species
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by Julie Scardina and Jeff Flocken ; with photo editor Sterling Zumbrunn