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| Wild Mammals in Captivity: Principles and Techniques | 
| Creators: Devra G. Kleiman, Mary E. Allen, Katerina V. Thompson, Susan Lumpkin
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Category: Book
List Price: $36.00
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Avg. Customer Rating:  3 reviews
Sales Rank: 374559
Media: Paperback
Edition: 1
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 656
Shipping Weight (lbs): 3.4
Dimensions (in): 10.9 x 8.4 x 1.3
ISBN: 0226440036
Dewey Decimal Number: 636.0889
EAN: 9780226440033
ASIN: 0226440036
Publication Date: June 8, 1997
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Condition: Standard used condition.
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| Customer Reviews:
 Wild Mammals February 8, 2008
0 out of 2 found this review helpful
took a little long with shipping but book is what i was looking for and in great shape
Recommend reading for intelligent animal lovers July 7, 2000
28 out of 29 found this review helpful
I picked this book up in the gift shop of the San Diego Zoo, one of the few of substance they had. Even for me, a casual, but intelligent zoo visitor, this was worth $30.00. There is much more to animal captivity than I realized. Every zoo has two sides: the happy, visitor side, and the business/breeding side. Everyone knows about the happy side of a zoo. This helps lift the curtain on the other side of animal management and makes me even more appreciative of the huge expense and efforts of countless thousands of dedicated people who toil in the background. Articles on anesthesia of large animals, ethics of zoos, breeding, all are informative, basic information that the informed animal lover should know about. Although this is written for other zoo professionals, I recommend it to the average Amazon browser who wants to dig a little deeper into life and its mysteries. Because these are articles from technical journals, they can be read in any order and used as a reference book. There is an excellent bibliography after each chapter, although for the layman it is doubtful if they would be read. At any rate, I'm glad I bought this book.
 Updates Crandall's "Management of Wild Mammals in Captivity" August 22, 1998
27 out of 27 found this review helpful
This long awaited volume updates Crandall's long standing and now out-of-print classic "Management of Wild Mammals in Captivity." Contains a total of 48 separate contributions from 76 different authors covering a huge variety of topics including: Basic Husbandry; Feeding and Nutrition of Herbivores, Carnivores, and Omnivores; Exhibition Techniques; Behavior; Reproduction; and more. An essential reference for anyone maintaining mammals in captivity. Illustrated with some b/w photos & drawings, numerous graphs and tables, and five appendices. This book comes in a paperback as well as a hardcover edition.
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