Last animals at the zoo : how mass extinction can be stopped / / Colin Tudge

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910811754503321
• Autore: Tudge Colin
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Washington, DC : , : Island Press, , [2013]; ©2013
• ISBN: 1-61091-282-9
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (273 pages)
• Disciplina: 590.73
• Soggetti: Zoo animals
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Title Page -- About Island Press -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Acknowledgements -- Introduction -- 1 Why Conserve Animals? -- 2 The Scope of the Problem -- 3 First Get Your Animals to Breed -- 4 The Theory of Conservation Breeding -- 5 Projects in Progress -- 6 The Frozen Zoo? -- 7 The Whole Animal: Behaviour Conserved -- 8 The Future -- Notes -- Index.