The Fate of the Elephant
Douglas H. Chadwick(Author)
Penguin Books Ltd (Publisher)
Published on 30. March 1995
Book
Paperback/Softback
512 pages
978-0-14-023103-8 (ISBN)
Description
Largest of all beasts that dwell on land, elephants can uproot trees or topple the huts of a village. They have the power to communicate in a language of subsonic frequencies, snorkel across the open sea between islands, care for their wounded and mourn their dead. Asian elephants were domesticated more than 4,000 years ago and, like their African cousins (whose numbers have been halved each decade since the 1970s), they face extinction through an over-whelming loss of habitat. In this book, Douglas Chadwick provides a comprehensive exploration of the natural history and modern fate of the world's elephants, centred around the theme that "we are discovering a creature greater in many ways - and more like us - than we had ever imagined it to be even as we are destroying it." The book blends field biology with personal observation. It looks behind the headlines, he covers the "ivory wars" in East Africa and elsewhere.
More details
Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Paperback (UK-B)
Illustrations
bibliography, index
Dimensions
Height: 198 mm
Width: 128 mm
Thickness: 19 mm
Weight
304 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-14-023103-8 (9780140231038)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Siberia; first touch; the past; East Africa - Amboseli; East Africa - Tsavo; Central Africa - Bangui; Central Africa - Bayanga; Japan; Hong Kong; India - Theppakadu; India - Mudumalai Sanctuary; Switzerland; Thailand; Malaysia; Southern Africa - Zimbabwe; a future.