Zoo & vildmarksparker

Zoos and Tourism - Conservation, Education, Entertainment?

Zoos are important and popular tourist attractions. Spread around the world, they are typically located in major cities, with visitation levels comparable to other major attractions. Nature-based attractions constructed in artificial settings, the...

Wild Mammals in Captivity - Principles and Techniques for Zoo Management

Zoos, aquaria, and wildlife parks are vital centers of animal conservation and management. For nearly fifteen years, these institutions have relied on "Wild Mammals in Captivity" as the essential reference for their work. Now the book re...

Ny The Last Rhinos - The Powerful Story of One Man's Battle to Save a Species

Life on Lawrence Anthony's game reserve, Thula Thula, is rarely dull, what with spitting cobras endangering his rangers and the unpredictable behaviour of his herd of elephants. But at least his orphaned rhino Heidi is calm around people, and a fa...

Gerald Durrell - The Authorised Biography

The authorised biography of the great naturalist and conservationist Gerald Durrell, who died aged seventy in January 1995 in Jersey, where he founded the zoo he'd dreamed of as a small boy and pioneered the captive breeding of animals for conserv...

Babylon's Ark - The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo

When the Iraq war began, conservationist Lawrence Anthony could think of only one thing: the fate of the Baghdad Zoo, located in the city centre and caught in the war's crossfire. Once Anthony entered Baghdad he discovered that full-scale combat a...

We Bought a Zoo - The Amazing True Story of a Broken-Down Zoo, and the 200 Animals That Changed a Family Forever

Chuck it all in and buy a zoo? Why not? thought Benjamin Mee, unaware of the grim living conditions, creditors and escaped big cat that lay in wait! A few years ago, Ben and his wife, Katherine, sold their small flat in Primrose Hill and moved to ...

Carl Hagenbeck's Empire of Entertainments

The name of Carl Hagenbeck is as evocative in Europe as that of P. T. Barnum or Walt Disney in North America. Hagenbeck was the nineteenth century's foremost animal trader and ethnographic showman, known for his enormously popular displays of peop...

Do (not) Feed the Bears - The Fitful History of Wildlife and Tourists in Yellowstone

It was a familiar sight at Yellowstone National Park: traffic backed up for miles as visitors fed bears from their cars. It may have been against the rules, but park officials were willing to turn a blind eye if it kept the public happy. But, bear...

Zoo - The Story of London Zoo

The Zoo is a unique, fascinating, and often amusing, history of London Zoo illustrated with over seventy colour and black and white images. London Zoo had its beginnings in 1826 when Sir Stamford Raffles founded the Zoological Society of London. T...

The Tower Menagerie - The Amazing True Story of the Royal Collection of Wild Beasts

When King Henry III was given three leopards by his new brother-in-law, Frederick, the Holy Roman Emperor, he ordered -- in desperation -- that they be sent to the Tower of London, his great fortress by the bank of the Thames. After all, where doe...

Uluru - Kata Tjuta and Watarrka - Ayers Rock, the Olgas and Kings Canyon, Northern Territory

Here is a complete and wonderful full color field guide to Australia's Red Center. With over 200 color illustrations of natural features, plants & animals, 10 maps, details of walks, star charts and aboriginal stories twos guide is an exc...

Second Nature - Environmental Enrichment for Captive Animals

A volume for those concerned with animal care, captive maintenance, and the ethics of issues surrounding the maintenance of animals in artificial environments, this book offers an overview of how far the discipline of applied animal behaviour has ...

Klondike and Snow - The Denver Zoo's Remarkable Story of Raising Two Polar Bear Cubs

Describes how the Denver Zoo hand-raised two polar bear cubs who were abandoned at birth by their mother.

Masai Mara Visitor Map Guide

The Masai Mara is quite simply, one of the greatest wildlife experiences inthe world. Where else can the visitor experience two million migrating animals passing through each year on their neverending search for food and water? But strangely, unti...

Pilanesberg - Official Map and Park Guide

Pilanesberg National Park, only one and a half hours' drive from Johannesburg, is one of the largest national parks in Southern Africa. This natural sanctuary is surrounded by a ring of mountains produced by volcanic activity some 1200 million yea...

Amboseli Map - The National Park and Dispersal Area

Amboseli National Park, located in southern Kenya at the foot of Mount Kilimanjaro, is Kenya's most popular national park.

Costa Rica

This exciting guide aims to inspire and help travellers to plan and enjoy tours in Costa Rica's finest wildlife reserves. In addition to offering advice on planning your trip and discussing available options as well as park etiquette, the guide of...

Brazil

This exciting guide aims to inspire and help travellers to plan and enjoy tours in Brazil's finest wildlife reserves.In addition to offering advice on planning your trip and discussing available options as well as park etiquette, the guide offers ...

Handbook Of National Parks, Wildlife Sanctuaries And Biosphere Reserves In India

Life at the Zoo - Behind the Scenes with the Animal Doctors

Please Do Not Annoy, torment, pester, plague, molest, worry, badger, harry, persecute, irk, bullyrag, vex, disquiet, grate, beset, bother, tease, nettle, tantalize or ruffle the Animals. -- sign at zoo Since the early days of traveling menageries ...