Tudge, Colin.

Last animals at the zoo : how mass extinction can be stopped / Colin Tudge. - 1st Island Press ed. - Washington, D.C. : Island Press, 1992. - 266 p. ; 24 cm.

"A Shearwater book"--Half t.p.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 257-260) and index.

Why conserve animals? -- The scope of the problem -- First get your animals to breed -- The theory of conservation breeding -- Projects in progress -- The frozen zoo? -- The whole animal: behaviour conserved -- The future.

1559631589 (alk. paper) 9781559631587 (alk. paper)

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Wildlife conservation.
Endangered species--Breeding.
Zoo animals--Breeding.
Captive wild animals--Breeding.

QL82 / .T83 1992