Primate people : saving nonhuman primates through education, advocacy, & sanctuary / edited by Lisa Kemmerer ; foreword by Marc Bekoff.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kemmerer, Lisa.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Primates--Conservation--Anecdotes.

Primates.

Primates--Research--Anecdotes.

Primatologists--Anecdotes.

Primatologists.

Wildlife conservationists--Anecdotes.

Wildlife conservationists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (222 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Salt Lake City : University of Utah Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

In the last 30 years the bushmeat trade has led to the slaughter of nearly 90 percent of West Africa's bonobos, perhaps our closest relatives, and has recently driven Miss Waldron's red colobus monkey to extinction.Earth was once rich with primates, but every species--except one--is now extinct or endangered because of one primate-- Homo sapiens.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Foreword""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Note to Readers""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I: Foundations""; ""1. Primate Basics""; ""2. International Primate Conservation""; ""3. Friends of the Earth Malaysia""; ""4. Looking Up, Counting Down""; ""5. International Primate Protection League""; ""Part II: Research""; ""6. Paper Lives""; ""7. 16162""; ""8. Monkeys, Malaria, and My Work in Miami""; ""9. Learning from Macaques""; ""10. The Winding Path to Where I Stand""; ""Part III: Sanctuaries""; ""11. Born to Be Wild""; ""12. Loving and Learning""; ""13. Some Baboons in My CARE""

""14. A Veterinarian with Conviction""""15. Volunteering in Thailand""; ""16. Friends Are the Family We Choose""; ""17. ¡Comejenes y Terremotos!(Termites and Earthquakes!)""; ""18. Singe""; ""19. Soiled Hands""; ""Appendix""; ""Contributors""; ""References""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-60781-215-0

OCLC:

801412037