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Author Jachowski, David, 1977-

Title Wild again : the struggle to save the black-footed ferret / David Jachowski.

Publication Info. Berkeley : University of California Press, 2014.

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Description 1 online resource
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents Pleistocene to Anthropocene -- Decline Towards Extinction -- Rediscovery -- Captive Breeding -- Fall -- Winter -- Spring -- Summer -- Chihuahua -- Conata Basin -- Plague -- Kansas.
Summary This engaging personal account of one of America's most contested wildlife conservation campaigns has as its central character the black-footed ferret. Once feared extinct, and still one of North America's rarest mammals, the black-footed ferret exemplifies the ecological, social, and political challenges of conservation in the West, including the risks involved with intensive captive breeding and reintroduction to natural habitat. David Jachowski draws on more than a decade of experience working to save the ferret. His unique perspective and informative anecdotes reveal the scientific and huma.
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Subject Black-footed ferret -- Conservation -- United States.
Black-footed ferret.
United States.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Other Form: Print version: Jachowski, David, 1977- Wild again 9780520281653 (DLC) 2013026026 (OCoLC)851285709
ISBN 9781461957140 (electronic book)
1461957141 (electronic book)
130637507X (electronic book)
9781306375078 (electronic book)
9780520958166 (electronic book)
0520958160 (electronic book)
9780520281653
0520281659