A Different Nature: The Paradoxical World of Zoos and Their Uncertain Future

Name: A Different Nature: The Paradoxical World of Zoos and Their Uncertain Future
Author: David Hancocks
ISBN: 9780520236769

David Hancocks

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A Different Nature: The Paradoxical World of Zoos and Their Uncertain Future

David Hancocks

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Giraffes, elephants, gorillas, snakes, and toucans respond poorly to the usual conventions of human architecture. Zoo architects usually respond no less poorly to the needs of animals. David Hancocks draws on a lifetime's experience working as a zoo director and zoo architect to explore this dilemma, and offers a compelling vision for the future. For over two decades David Hancocks has fervently tried to reform the fundamental character and mission of zoos. This book is his most thorough analysis of what is wrong with them and his most detailed and compelling plea for improvement. Hancocks advocates that a fusion of all of these institutions into a new entity better positioned to interpret the entire biosphere.

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