TY - BOOK AU - Minteer,Ben A. TI - The fall of the wild: extinction, de-extinction, and the ethics of conservation SN - 9780231548885 AV - QL82 .F355 2019 PY - 2019/// CY - New York PB - Columbia University Press KW - Wildlife conservation KW - Moral and ethical aspects KW - Electronic Books N1 - 2; Intro; Table of Contents; 1. Our Vanishing (and Reappearing) Wildlife; 2. A Bird in the Hand; 3. The Call of the Quasi Wild; 4. Elephants Somewhere; 5. Promethean Dreams; 6. Heaven and Earth; Acknowledgments; Notes; Further Reading; Index; 2; b N2 - Ben A. Minteer calls for reflection on the ethical dilemmas of species loss and recovery in an increasingly human-driven world. He probes the tension between our impulse to do whatever it takes and the risk of pursuing strategies that undermine our broader commitment to the preservation of wildness UR - https://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=1926647&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 ER -