Back from the brink : saving some of the world's rarest animals /

'Back from the Brink' is an antidote to a world that seems full of stories of wildlife doom and gloom. Amongst all the loss of habitat and the animals and plants that are in spiralling decline, it's easy to forget that there are a huge number of positive stories too; animals threatene...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Smith, Malcolm, 1949 March 11- (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Dunbeath, Scotland : Whittles Publishing, [2015] Ã2015.
Subjects:
Rare animals.
Endangered species.
Wildlife conservation.
Animaux rares.
Faune > Protection.
SCIENCE > Life Sciences > Zoology > General.
Endangered species
Rare animals
Wildlife conservation
Bedrohte Tiere
Artenschutz
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Bringing the empty quarter back to life : Arabian oryx
  • Out of the red and into the black : black rhino
  • Where they're talking turkey again : wild turkey
  • The forest emperor returns : European bison
  • The mermaid that's no longer a myth : Florida manatee
  • A display of extravagance : houbara
  • A breach in time for the ocean giant : humpack whale
  • Burning a little brighter : Siberian tiger
  • The scavengers set to return : India's vultures
  • Coming out of the mist : mountain gorilla
  • An elegant recovery : whooping crane
  • The rabbit killer returns : Iberian lynx
  • The enigma that's not all at sea : Zino's petrel
  • No more singing the blues : large blue butterfly
  • The bird that didn't follow the dodo : Mauritius kestrel.

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