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Our cities are already filled with a huge variety of wildlife. As urban areas expand, they impinge on the natural habitats of animals that would not otherwise find themselves in an urban setting, including birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians, as well as rare, threatened and even endangered wildlife. Animal Hospital describes how injured and orphaned wild animals are rehabilitated and cared for after being rescued from perilous situations. It...
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[2016]
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"Many protected wild animals fetch a high price on the black market, whether because their body parts are desirable resources for making clothing and other products or because people want to keep them as pets. Readers will learn how criminals called animal traffickers obtain these species and transport them around the world, evading law enforcement organizations along the way. They will also find out how animal trafficking harms the environment and...
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The stunningly beautiful Gorongosa National Park, once the crown jewel of Mozambique, was nearly destroyed by decades of civil war. It looked like a perfect place for Western philanthropy: revive the park and tourists would return, a win-win outcome for the environment and the impoverished villagers living in the area. So why did some researchers find the local communities actually getting hungrier, sicker, and poorer as the project went on? And why...
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[2016]
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More than a story about one brave lion, The Lioness offers an introduction to life science by looking at the workings of an ecosystem, the methods of scientists and environmentalists, and explaining the interconnection between the plant, animal, and human systems.
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[2016]
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"Thousands of the world's animal species are endangered. They need to be protected by humans or they will become extinct. This book shows how scientists called conservationists use the latest technologies to save the animals and the habitats in which these animals live." --
13) Welcome, wombat
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[2018]
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"An up-close look at what life is like at a real wombat sanctuary in Australia--straight from a wombat herself--in a nonfiction chapter book for elementary-aged readers"--Provided by publisher.
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