This was a rather bittersweet book. It was full of some beautiful - and utterly shocking - moments, but also parts that were quite sad and downright horrific. It was, all in all, a good book. I am sort of surprised that the focus was more on the people, and less on the actual animals. It was more of a memoir than a book on nature.
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Secrets of the Savanna
Secrets of the Savanna
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When Mark and Delia Owens settled in a Zambian wilderness, they found the elephants and other wildlife decimated by poachers; the local villagers, who depended on the wildlife, were driven to desperate actsincluding poaching themselves. To save both people and animals, the Owenses started an innovative microlending program that lifted the villa... more »
Author:
When Mark and Delia Owens settled in a Zambian wilderness, they found the elephants and other wildlife decimated by poachers; the local villagers, who depended on the wildlife, were driven to desperate actsincluding poaching themselves. To save both people and animals, the Owenses started an innovative microlending program that lifted the villa... more »
ISBN-13: 9780395893104
ISBN-10: 0395893100
Publication Date: 5/24/2006
Pages: 256
Rating: 2
ISBN-10: 0395893100
Publication Date: 5/24/2006
Pages: 256
Rating: 2
3.8 stars, based on 2 ratings
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin
Book Type: Hardcover
Members Wishing: 0
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Book Type: Hardcover
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- Business & Money >> Economics >> Environmental Economics
- Science & Math >> Biological Sciences >> Animals >> General
- Science & Math >> Biological Sciences >> Animals >> Mammals
- Science & Math >> Biological Sciences >> Animals >> Wildlife
- Science & Math >> Biological Sciences >> Zoology >> Mammals
- Science & Math >> Nature & Ecology >> General
- Outdoors & Nature >> Environment >> Conservation
- Outdoors & Nature >> Conservation >> General
- Outdoors & Nature >> Conservation >> Wildlife
- Outdoors & Nature >> Reference
