Hope for Animals and Their World: How Endangered Species Are Being Rescued from the Brink

Hope for Animals and Their World: How Endangered Species Are Being Rescued from the Brink
by Jane Goodall, Gail Hudson, Thane Maynard

Hope for Animals and Their World: How Endangered Species Are Being Rescued from the Brink
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Author: Gail Hudson, Jane Goodall, Thane Maynard
Edition: Hardcover
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2009-09-02
ISBN: 0446581771
Number of pages: 416
Publisher: Grand Central Publishing

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Book Review: Excellent book on preservation of nature
Summary: 5 Stars

Jane Goodall has done an excellent job in telling real stories of how animals threatened with extinction are instead being preserved for future generations. It is obvious that her bond with chimpanzees in Gombe has led her to go on further into the world to participate in the preservation of nature as a whole. She accurately tells how several biologists take part in preserving animals. One thing that startled me for one is how she speaks up for wolves; she disagrees with the mean image they have had in the past. She is also forthright about the fact that she could not cover all situations of animals preservation. In fact, as I read her book, I was reminded of the seven and a half years I lived in Florida and followed the events surrounding the preservation of the manatee, a sea mammal in peril. And when my granddaughter and I visited Sea World in Orlando, Florida, we came across the manatee exhibition aquarium and noticed a motto reading, "Extinction means forever. Endangered means we still have a chance." That is so true. And I was saddened to learn that this year, manatees died in the cold water brought on by the brutal winter we have had this year.
Jane Goodall also comments on the water pollution that has been done to the rivers, saying that the Potomac River was, as she bluntly worded it, "stinking." Reading this, I remembered how I, en route to Rome, Italy, by train in 1963, passed by the Tiber River, and found it fairly clean until it flowed past an industrial plant that spilled tons of white powder into it. From then on, it was thoroughly polluted all the way to the Mediterranean. At that time, no one was concerned with the environment, however, I hope that Italian authorities have done something to stop this insane pollution.
Jane Goodall's message to us, the readers, is: get involved with saving the enviroment by whatever means you can. It is important that we humans save our natural habitat and preserve animal life as well. And I again state that Jane Goodall is a great humanist and merits the Nobel Peace Prize.

Summary of Hope for Animals and Their World: How Endangered Species Are Being Rescued from the Brink

At a time when animal species are becoming extinct on every continent and we are confronted with bad news about the environment nearly every day, Jane Goodall, one of the world's most renowned scientists, brings us inspiring news about the future of the animal kingdom. With the insatiable curiosity and conversational prose that have made her a bestselling author, Goodall-along with Cincinnati Zoo Director Thane Maynard-shares fascinating survival stories about the American Crocodile, the California Condor, the Black-Footed Ferret, and more; all formerly endangered species and species once on the verge of extinction whose populations are now being regenerated.

Interweaving her own first-hand experiences in the field with the compelling research of premier scientists, Goodall illuminates the heroic efforts of dedicated environmentalists and the truly critical need to protect the habitats of these beloved species. At once a celebration of the animal kingdom and a passionate call to arms, HOPE FOR ANIMALS THEIR WORLD presents an uplifting, hopeful message for the future of animal-human coexistence.

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