The Last Panda

By:

Schaller, George B [Author]

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ISBN:

9780226112084

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QL737 .L378 1994

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Subject: Dependent on a shrinking supply of bamboo, hunted mercilessly for its pelt, and hostage to profiteering schemes once in captivity, the panda is on the brink of extinction. Here, acclaimed naturalist George Schaller uses his great evocative powers, and the insight gained by four and a half years in the forests of the Wolong and Tangjiahe panda reserves, to document the plight of these mysterious creatures and to awaken the human compassion urgently needed to save them.""No scientist is better at letting the rest of us in on just how the natural world works; no poet sees the world w.

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Includes bibliographies and index.

Preface; Prologue; 1. ""Every Journey Begins with the First Step ""; 2. Winter Days; 3. Panda Politics; 4. A Footnote to History; 5. A Mountain of Treasure; 6. In the Hollow of a Fir; 7. Wei-Wei's World; 8. Death in the Choushuigou; 9. Travels in Panda Country; 10. Zhen-Zhen Eats Bitterness; 11. Tangjiahe; 12. Crisis; 13. Prisoners of Fate; 14. Rent-a-Panda; Epilogue; Appendices; A. In Search of the Kylin: The Endangered Wildlife of China; B. The Panda Is a Panda; C. Winter Birds Observed at Wuyipeng; D. Excerpts from the 1989 Panda Management Plan

E. Excerpts from Position Statements on Exhibition Loans of Giant PandasAfterword; Selected Reading; Index of Names; Index of Species and Subjects

Dependent on a shrinking supply of bamboo, hunted mercilessly for its pelt, and hostage to profiteering schemes once in captivity, the panda is on the brink of extinction. Here, acclaimed naturalist George Schaller uses his great evocative powers, and the insight gained by four and a half years in the forests of the Wolong and Tangjiahe panda reserves, to document the plight of these mysterious creatures and to awaken the human compassion urgently needed to save them.""No scientist is better at letting the rest of us in on just how the natural world works; no poet sees the world w.

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