Beloved Beasts Fighting for Life in an Age of Extinction

Michelle Nijhuis, Christina Delaine

eAudio - 2021

In the late nineteenth century, as humans came to realize that our rapidly industrializing and globalizing societies were driving other animal species to extinction, a movement to protect and conserve them was born. In Beloved Beasts, acclaimed science journalist Michelle Nijhuis traces the movement's history: from early battles to save charismatic species such as the American bison and bald eagle to today's global effort to defend life on a larger scale. She describes the vital role of scientists and activists such as Aldo Leopold and Rachel Carson as well as lesser-known figures in conservation history; she reveals the origins of vital organizations like the Audubon Society and the World Wildlife Fund; she explores current effor...ts to protect species such as the whooping crane and the black rhinoceros; and she confronts the darker side of conservation, long shadowed by racism and colonialism. As the destruction of other species continues and the effects of climate change...

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Published
HighBridge
Language
English
Main Authors
Michelle Nijhuis, Christina Delaine
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File Size301 GB
ISBN9781696603157
Release Date3/23/2021