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Author Lymbery, Philip, author.

Title Dead zone : where the wild things were / Philip Lymbery.

Publication Info. London, UK ; New York, NY : Bloomsbury Publishing, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing Plc, [2017]
©2017

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Location Call No. Status
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  333.95 LYMBERY    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  333.95 LYM    Check Shelf
 Newington, Lucy Robbins Welles Library - Adult Department  333.9522 LYMBERY    Check Shelf
Description xviii, 362 pages ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-352) and index.
Contents Elephant -- Barn owl -- Bison -- Shrimp -- Red junglefowl -- White stork -- Water vole -- Peregrine -- Bumblebee -- Scapegoats -- Jaguar -- Penguin -- Marine iguana -- Homo sapiens -- Living landscapes -- Nightingale.
Summary A tour of some of the world's most iconic and endangered species, and what we can do to save them. Climate change and habitat destruction are not the only culprits behind so many animals facing extinction. The impact of consumer demand for cheap meat is equally devastating and it is vital that we confront this problem if we are to stand a chance of reducing its effect on the world around us. * We are falsely led to believe that squeezing animals into factory farms and cultivating crops in vast, chemical-soaked prairies is a necessary evil, an efficient means of providing for an ever-expanding global population while leaving land free for wildlife * Our planet's resources are reaching breaking point: awareness is slowly building that the wellbeing of society depends on a thriving natural world From the author of the internationally acclaimed Farmageddon, Dead Zone takes us on an eye-opening investigative journey across the globe, focusing on a dozen iconic species one-by-one and looking in each case at the role that industrial farming is playing in their plight. This is a passionate wake-up call for us all, laying bare the myths that prop up factory farming before exploring what we can do to save the planet with healthy food.
Subject Endangered species.
Endangered species -- Climatic factors.
Endangered species -- Habitat.
Livestock -- Environmental aspects.
ISBN 9781408868263 (paperback)
1408868261 (paperback)
9781408868270
140886827X
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