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ETHICS on the ARK (Zoo & Aquarium Biology & Conservation)

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This is an excellent resource for anyone interested in the history and future of zoos and animal parks, as well as offering an assessment of present day facilities. Pro and con essays on a variety of topics related to zoo management, aquisition of animals and captive breeding provide both sides of the controversial issue of maintaining animals in captivity. Slight bias toward the view of zoos as the only viable future situation for wildlife but still offers critical analysis of

issues involved.

I wish I could say what I think of Ethics on the Ark, but due to some strange error, all I have of that book is the cover. Underneath the cover is some other book--some drivel about communes and utopia. That's right, I have the cover for Ethics on the Ark attached to the pages for Commitment and Community. Very disappointing. I wish I could get it exchanged, but this book was purchased for me from my wish list a couple of years ago. Does anyone know if I can contact the publisher to get this fixed?

I wanted a book that discussed the ethics behind captive animals, however this book was decidedly one sided. While I generally agree with animal rights ethics, I wanted to learn more about the reasons TO keep animals captive, and this book did not furnish that side. In fact, I felt most of the submitting authors displayed a hostile tendancy. It is a decent book on the history of zoos, as long as you're only interested in seeing this subject from one perspective. It left me feeling defensive.