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Books > Sport & Leisure > Natural history, country life & pets > Wild animals > General
- The stunning ninth book in the Remembering Wildlife charity series
- Remembering Tigers is full of images generously donated by many of
the world's top wildlife photographers
- All profits from the sale of this book will be donated to projects
working to protect tigers
Remembering Tigers is the ninth book in the Remembering Wildlife
fundraising series, which has so far raised more than USD $1.4 million
for conservation. The aim of the creators is to make the most beautiful
book ever seen on a species and use that to raise awareness of the
plight facing that animal and funds to protect it. Each book is full of
images generously donated by many of the world's top wildlife
photographers. All profits from the sale of this book will be donated
to projects working to protect tigers.
See those animal signs on the trail? Was that footprint left by a
fox or a wolf? Was that pile of droppings deposited by a moose, a
mouse, or a marten? Scats and Tracks of the Northeast will help you
determine which mammals, birds, reptiles, and amphibians have
passed your way and could still be nearby. Clearly written
descriptions and illustrations of scats, tracks, and gait patterns
will help you recognize seventy Northeast species. An
identification key, a glossary of tracking terms, and detailed
instructions on how to document your finds are also included here.
Easy-to-use scat and track measurements appear on each page, making
this book especially field friendly and letting you know if a white
tailed ptarmigan, a red fox, or even a black bear has been your
way.
Austere and immense, the Arctic region is a fascinating topic for
intrepid travelers and stay at home students alike. This new guide
in the Pocket Naturalist series covers the variety of flora and
fauna that have adapted to this incredible, remote environment with
trademark beauty and accuracy.
A truly unique ecosystem, the Arctic remains one of the few areas
on Earth with very little human habitation. Many species truly run
free in the Arctic and there is a wide variety of vegetation
including shrubs, grasses, mosses, sedges and lichens. These plants
provide food and cover for a variety of small animals including
lemmings, voles and hares which are a critical food source for
larger mammals including the Arctic fox. Large mammals unique to
the Arctic include the polar bear, musk ox, walrus, caribou
(reindeer), bowhead whale and bearded seal.
Tourism to this region has experienced incredible growth in the
last decade with more and more people hoping to experience a region
only visited by explorers previously. This new Pocket Naturalist
Guide will be a must-have for anyone planning to visit the region
or anyone hoping to visit in the future.
Pursuing a dream instilled by early David Attenborough television adventures, a young man from the industrial northwest of England is advised at school to become a veterinary surgeon as a first step towards a career working with wild animals in Africa.
His misgivings about the values and justification of domestic veterinary practice are contrasted with a passion for wilderness and wildlife conservation. Early experiences in the vivid Uganda of Idi Amin are juxtaposed with life in a grey Pennines veterinary practice.
Eventually arriving as a veterinary officer in newly independent Botswana he finds adventure with wild animals as a veterinarian and later as an ecologist, survey pilot, game capture operator and even a safari hunter, becoming a passionate conservationist... all while starting the first veterinary practice in the country.
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