Wild Life documents a nuanced understanding of the wild versus
captive divide in species conservation. It also documents the
emerging understanding that all forms of wild nature-both in situ
(on-site) and ex situ (in captivity)-may need to be managed in
perpetuity. Providing a unique window into the high-stakes world of
nature conservation, Irus Braverman describes the heroic efforts by
conservationists to save wild life. Yet in the shadows of such
dedication and persistence in saving the life of species, Wild Life
also finds sacrifice and death. Such life and death stories outline
the modern struggle to define what conservation should look like at
a time when the long-established definitions of nature have
collapsed. Wild Life begins with the plight of a tiny endangered
snail, and ends with the rehabilitation of an entire island.
Interwoven between its pages are stories about golden lion tamarins
in Brazil, black-footed ferrets in the American Plains, Sumatran
rhinos in Indonesia, Tasmanian devils in Australia, and many more
creatures both human and nonhuman. Braverman draws on interviews
with more than one hundred and twenty conservation biologists,
zoologists, zoo professionals, government officials, and wildlife
managers to explore the various perspectives on in situ and ex situ
conservation and the blurring of the lines between them.
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