Wild Life
Subtitle: The Institution of Nature
Publisher: Stanford University Press
Published: 2015
Language: eng
Number of pages: 344
ISBN-13: 9780804795685
Subjects: Wildlife conservation; Endangered species; Animals; Environmental sciences
Description: "Wild Life documents a nuanced understanding of the wild versus captive divide in species conservation. It also documents the emerging understanding that all forms of wild nature—both in situ (on-site) and ex situ (in captivity)—may need to be managed in perpetuity. Providing a unique window into the high-stakes world of nature conservation, Irus Braverman describes the heroic efforts by conservationists to save wild life. Yet in the shadows of such dedication and persistence in saving the life of species, Wild Life also finds sacrifice and death. Such life and death stories outline the modern struggle to define what conservation should look like at a time when the long-established definitions of nature have collapsed." --Publisher description.