Wild Mammals In Captivity. Principles & Techniques

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Fine
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: University Of Chicago Press
Publisher Place: Usa
Publisher Year: 1996
Edition: First Edition

Description: 369 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in Fine condition throughout.

Publishers Description: Wild Mammals in Captivity, the first handbook of its kind, focuses on new approaches to the management of wild animals in captivity. In one comprehensive volume, the editors have gathered the most current information from field and captive studies of animal behavior, advances in captive breeding, research in physiology, genetics, and nutrition, and new thinking in animal management and welfare. Featuring contributions from dozens of internationally renowned experts, this book is a professional reference of immense practical value, surveying every significant scientific, technical, and management issue. This extraordinary book is an essential resource for administrators, keepers, veterinarians, and everyone who works directly with mammals or is concerned generally with their management and conservation. This is the only up-to-date and comprehensive manual on the problems of and the solutions to keeping and handling wild mammals outside their natural environment. . . . [A] magnificent manual.--Harry Miller, Times Higher Education Supplement

ISBN: 9780226440033