Bear necessities : rescue, rehabilitation, sanctuary, and advocacy / edited by Lisa Kemmerer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kemmerer, Lisa.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Bears.

Wildlife rescue.

Animal welfare.

Endangered species.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (264 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

What is it like to rehabilitate sun bears in the rainforests of Malaysia? Why were sloth bears trained to dance? What does Chinese medicine have to do with black bears in North America? Skilled grassroots activists, dedicated sanctuary attendants, determined scholars—those working to protect the world’s eight bear species from Viet Nam to Vermont—come together in Bear Necessities to explore pressures that threaten the world’s remaining bears, and to offer a tapestry of possibilities for protecting and preserving these endangered yet much-loved beings. This diverse collection of approachable, engaging essays is an important new addition to literature for those interested in learning more wilderness and wildlife around the world, especially bears. This book is also available in paperback.

Contents:

Preliminary Material / Lisa Kemmerer

Introduction / Lisa Kemmerer

Bear Basics / Lisa Kemmerer

Bear-Aware for Twenty Years / Victor Watkins

Making a Difference for Bears in Asia / Amy Corrigan

Polar Bears: Watching Extinction in Real Time / Kassie Siegel and Brendan Cummings

Franzi: Beloved Ambassador for Bears on Bile Farms / Jill Robinson

Little Bears, Big Trees, Tiny Insects: Protecting Sun Bears and their Rainforest / Lisa kemmerer and Siew Te Wong

Libearty Sanctuary Zarnesti: Sharing Love and Sheltering Life in Eastern Europe / Cristina Lapis

9,540,000 Square Miles, 800,000 American Black Bears, 3 Rescues / Charlotte Lorraine Cressey

Failing Giant Pandas: Captive Breeding and Conservation / Sarah M. Bexell

Bear Baiting in Pakistan / Fakhar -i- Abbas

Dirty Dancing: Caring for Sloth Bears in India / Lisa Kemmerer

Sliding Down Mountainsides on My Butt in Search of the Elusive Andean Bear / Dalma Zsalakó

Finding Enrico: Protecting Andean Bears and their Habitat / Lisa Kemmerer , Kerry Fugett and Simona Kobel

Brown Bears, Salmon, People: Traveling Upstream to a Sustainable Future / Chris Darimont , Kyle Artelle , Heather Bryan , Chris Genovali , Misty MacDuffee and Paul Paquet

Cleaning up a Community for Black Bears / Mick Webb

U.S. Wildlife Agencies: Outdated, Misguided, and Destructive / Lisa Kemmerer

The Assignment: Breaking Laws to Build Laws on behalf of Lake Tahoe’s Black Bears / Ann Bryant

A Grizzly Battle: Government Agencies, Endangered Species, and the U.S. Legal System / Tara Zuardo

Panda Preservation 2.0: Shifting Gears to Save a Species / Anna Beech and Marc Brody

Canary in the Arctic / Lisa Kemmerer

Bears, Birds, and Human Hubris: Imagining Bears in the Andes / Thomas Regele

The Damage and Hope of Total Institutions: Visiting a Bear Sanctuary in Cambodia / Lisa Kemmerer and Daniel Kirjner

Bear Naked: Compassion and Wilderness / Dana Medoro

Index / Lisa Kemmerer.

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

9789004293090

9004293094

OCLC:

919621151

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004293090 DOI