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Record Nr.

UNINA9910453024703321

Titolo

Primate people [[electronic resource] ] : saving nonhuman primates through education, advocacy, & sanctuary / / edited by Lisa Kemmerer ; foreword by Marc Bekoff

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Salt Lake City, : University of Utah Press, c2012

ISBN

1-60781-215-0

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (222 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

KemmererLisa

Disciplina

639.97/98

Soggetti

Primates - Conservation

Primates - Research

Primatologists

Wildlife conservationists

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Note to Readers""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I: Foundations""; ""1. Primate Basics""; ""2. International Primate Conservation""; ""3. Friends of the Earth Malaysia""; ""4. Looking Up, Counting Down""; ""5. International Primate Protection League""; ""Part II: Research""; ""6. Paper Lives""; ""7. 16162""; ""8. Monkeys, Malaria, and My Work in Miami""; ""9. Learning from Macaques""; ""10. The Winding Path to Where I Stand""; ""Part III: Sanctuaries""; ""11. Born to Be Wild""; ""12. Loving and Learning""; ""13. Some Baboons in My CARE""

""14. A Veterinarian with Conviction""""15. Volunteering in Thailand""; ""16. Friends Are the Family We Choose""; ""17. ¡Comejenes y Terremotos!(Termites and Earthquakes!)""; ""18. Singe""; ""19. Soiled Hands""; ""Appendix""; ""Contributors""; ""References""; ""Index""