Children of the ark; the rescue of the world's vanishing wildlife.

By: Gray, Robert, 1922-Material type: TextTextReference number: 67021737 /AC/r85Publication details: New York, Norton [1968] Edition: [1st. ed.]Description: xiv, 120 p. illus. 24 cmSubject(s): Rare animals -- Juvenile literature | Rare animals | Wildlife conservationDDC classification: 596 LOC classification: QL88 | .G7Summary: Briefly describes the circumstances that brought the extinction of several animals native to the United States; then examines the present threatened state of rare mammals, birds, and reptiles now found almost exclusively in zoos or in the protective surroundings of game preserves around the world. Includes the bontebok, Przewalski's horse, white rhinoceros, anoa, whooping crane, Komodo dragon, giant panda, and many others.
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Briefly describes the circumstances that brought the extinction of several animals native to the United States; then examines the present threatened state of rare mammals, birds, and reptiles now found almost exclusively in zoos or in the protective surroundings of game preserves around the world. Includes the bontebok, Przewalski's horse, white rhinoceros, anoa, whooping crane, Komodo dragon, giant panda, and many others.

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