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003			OCoLC
005			20240726105423.0
008			140712s1994 ilu o 000 0 eng d
040			_aEBLCP _beng _erda _cEBLCP _dNT
020			_a9780226112084 _q((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)l((electronic)l(electronic)ctronic)ctronic bk.
050	0	4	_aQL737 _b.L378 1994
049			_aNTA
100	1		_aSchaller, George B. _e1
245	1	0	_aThe Last Panda
260			_aChicago : _bUniversity of Chicago Press, _c(c)1994.
300			_a1 online resource (337 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
347			_adata file _2rda
500			_aDescription based upon print version of record.
504			_a2
505	0	0	_aPreface; 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
505	0	0	_aE. Excerpts from Position Statements on Exhibition Loans of Giant PandasAfterword; Selected Reading; Index of Names; Index of Species and Subjects
520	0		_aDependent 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.
530			_a2 _ub
650		4	_aEndangered species.
650		4	_aGiant panda.
650		4	_aWildlife conservation.
650		0	_aGiant panda.
650		0	_aEndangered species.
650		0	_aWildlife conservation.
655		1	_aElectronic Books.
856	4	0	_uhttps://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=632748&site=eds-live&custid=s3260518 _zClick to access digital title | log in using your CIU ID number and my.ciu.edu password
942			_cOB _D _eEB _hQL. S _m1994 _QOL _R _x _8NFIC _2LOC
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902			_a1 _bCynthia Snell _c1 _dCynthia Snell