Jeremy And Amy The Extraordinary True Story Of One Man And His Orang Utan

Author : Jeremy Keeling
Publisher : Short Books
ISBN 13 : 9781907595189
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.8X/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jeremy and Amy written by Jeremy Keeling and published by Short Books. This book was released on 2011 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Jeremy Keeling first met Amy, an abandoned orang-utan, in the 1960s and a friendship was formed that would become the defining relationship of both their lives. Jeremy went on to create Monkey World in Dorset, a sanctuary for beleaguered primates, rescued from poachers and scientists on daring raids all over the world.

Author : Jeremy Keeling
Publisher : Short Books
ISBN 13 : 1907595317
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.18/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Jeremy and Amy: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man and His Orang-Utan written by Jeremy Keeling and published by Short Books. This book was released on 2010-07-01 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a high-wire adventure story of grit and determination, and of love, hope and 88 Capuchin monkeys in the back of a Hercules transport plane, but most of all, at its heart, it is an inspiring tale of the life-changing bond between one man and his ape.

Author : S. C. Kershaw
Publisher : The History Press
ISBN 13 : 0752497219
Total Pages : 337 pages
Book Rating : 4.11/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Story of Colchester Zoo written by S. C. Kershaw and published by The History Press. This book was released on 2013-05-15 with total page 337 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Colchester Zoo is today one of the finest zoos in Britain. Yet, unlike almost every other major zoo in the country, Colchester Zoo has never had its story told – until now. The forgotten figures of Frank and Helena Farrar are here brought to life once again in these pages which show how they founded firstly Southport Zoo in the 1950s and then Colchester Zoo in the 1960s. Told here is the story of how Frank and Helena’s domestic life with their lions and monkeys prompted them to embark on a series of adventures which took them all over the world. Also told is the story of how Colchester Zoo declined in the 1970s and how the Tropeano family turned it into the internationally respected breeding centre for endangered animals that it is today. This is a tale of struggle and heartbreak but also of transformation and redemption, and is a fitting tribute to one of our great animal institutions as it reaches its fiftieth anniversary.

Author : Deborah Rudacille
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 1466895284
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.87/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Scalpel and the Butterfly written by Deborah Rudacille and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2015-12-15 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An engrossing and eloquent study of the history and ethics of animal experimentation The heart of a pig may soon beat in a human chest. Sheep, cattle, and mice have been cloned. Slowly but inexorably scientists are learning how to transfer tissues, organs, and DNA between species. Some think this research is moving too far, too fast, without adequate discussion of possible consequences: Is it ethical to breed animals for spare parts? When does the cost in animal life and suffering outweigh the potential benefit to humans? In precise and elegant prose, The Scalpel and the Butterfly explores the ongoing struggle between the promise offered by new research and the anxiety about safety and ethical implications in the context of the conflict between experimental medicine and animal protection that dates back to the mid-nineteenth century. Deborah Rudacille offers a compelling and cogent look at the history of this divisive topic, from the days of Louis Pasteur and the founding of organized anti-vivisection in England to the Nazi embrace of eugenics, from animal rights to the continuing war between PETA and biomedical researchers, and the latest developments in replacing, reducing, and refining animal use for research and testing.

Author : Anita Silvey
Publisher : National Geographic Kids
ISBN 13 : 1426333560
Total Pages : 102 pages
Book Rating : 4.69/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Undaunted written by Anita Silvey and published by National Geographic Kids. This book was released on 2019 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: As a young scientist, Galdikas had a mission: to find and study the elusive orangutans of Borneo's rain forest to help protect this amazing and elusive species. Award-winning author Silvey explores the life and legacy of this incredible and little-known primatologist. Full color.

Author : Rosemary-Claire Collard
Publisher : Duke University Press
ISBN 13 : 1478012463
Total Pages : 122 pages
Book Rating : 4.67/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Animal Traffic written by Rosemary-Claire Collard and published by Duke University Press. This book was released on 2020-08-24 with total page 122 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Parrots and snakes, wild cats and monkeys---exotic pets can now be found everywhere from skyscraper apartments and fenced suburban backyards to roadside petting zoos. In Animal Traffic Rosemary-Claire Collard investigates the multibillion-dollar global exotic pet trade and the largely hidden processes through which exotic pets are produced and traded as lively capital. Tracking the capture of animals in biosphere reserves in Mexico, Guatemala, and Belize; their exchange at exotic animal auctions in the United States; and the attempted rehabilitation of former exotic pets at a wildlife center in Guatemala, Collard shows how exotic pets are fetishized both as commodities and as objects. Their capture and sale sever their ties to complex socio-ecological networks in ways that make them appear as if they do not have lives of their own. Collard demonstrates that the enclosure of animals in the exotic pet trade is part of a bioeconomic trend in which life is increasingly commodified and objectified under capitalism. Ultimately, she calls for a “wild life” politics in which animals are no longer enclosed, retain their autonomy, and can live for the sake of themselves.

Author : Tim Laman
Publisher : National Geographic Books
ISBN 13 : 9781426304644
Total Pages : 36 pages
Book Rating : 4.41/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Face to Face with Orangutans written by Tim Laman and published by National Geographic Books. This book was released on 2009 with total page 36 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Describes the orangutan of Borneo in its natural habitat, including information on the threats that now face this incredible primate.

Author : Eliot Schrefer
Publisher : Scholastic Inc.
ISBN 13 : 0545655048
Total Pages : 256 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rescued written by Eliot Schrefer and published by Scholastic Inc.. This book was released on 2016-04-26 with total page 256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From two-time National Book Award finalist Eliot Schrefer comes an unbelievable story of survival. Raja has been raised in captivity. Not behind the bars of a zoo, but within the confines of an American home. He was stolen when he was young to be someone's pet. Now he's grown up . . . and is about to be sent away again, to a place from which there will be no return. John grew up with Raja. The orangutan was his friend, his brother -- never his pet. But when John's parents split up and he moved across the country, he left Raja behind. Now Raja is suffering.There's one last chance to save Raja -- a chance that will force John to confront his fractured family and the captivity he's imposed on himself all of these years.Eliot Schrefer's last two novels, Endangered and Threatened, were both finalists for the National Book Award. With Rescued, he brings his remarkable storytelling to the American landscape, giving us a boy who must redefine his own humanity and an orangutan who will need his help in order to return home.

Author : Benjamin Mee
Publisher : Weinstein Books
ISBN 13 : 1602861587
Total Pages : 184 pages
Book Rating : 4.89/5 ( download)

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Download or read book We Bought a Zoo written by Benjamin Mee and published by Weinstein Books. This book was released on 2011-11-22 with total page 184 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The remarkable true story of a family who move into a rundown zoo-already a BBC documentary miniseries and excerpted in The Guardian. In the market for a house and an adventure, Benjamin Mee moved his family to an unlikely new home: a dilapidated zoo in the English countryside. Mee had a dream to refurbish the zoo and run it as a family business. His friends and colleagues thought he was crazy. But in 2006, Mee and his wife with their two children, his brother, and his 76-year-old mother moved into the Dartmoor Wildlife Park. Their extended family now included: Solomon, an African lion and scourge of the local golf course; Zak, the rickety Alpha wolf, a broadly benevolent dictator clinging to power; Ronnie, a Brazilian tapir, easily capable of killing a man, but hopelessly soppy; and Sovereign, a jaguar and would-be ninja, who has devised a long term escape plan and implemented it. Nothing was easy, given the family's lack of experience as zookeepers, and what follows is a magical exploration of the mysteries of the animal kingdom, the power of family, and the triumph of hope over tragedy. We Bought a Zoo is a profoundly moving portrait of an unforgettable family living in the most extraordinary circumstances.

Author : Ian Redmond
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781554079643
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.40/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Primate Family Tree written by Ian Redmond and published by . This book was released on 2011 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A full-color, illustrated guide to over 270 species of primates with range maps, classification charts, and information on diet and habitat, global distribution of primate species, and major characteristics.