The Modern Ark

by Vicki Croke

• ISBN13: 9780684197128
• ISBN10: 068419712X
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2014-09-09
• Publisher: Simon & Schuster

Summary

A history of zoological parks traces the transformation of animal captivity from an entertainment role to attempts to preserve endangered species and maximize genetic diversity. 12,500 first printing.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	7	(4)
Introduction	11	(10)
Beyond the Bars: Saving the Whole Animal	21	(74)
A Trunk Full of Memories	26	(3)
What Is Normal?	29	(2)
What Is Abnormal? The Prozac Generation	31	(8)
Solutions	39	(2)
Singing Bears, Robo Marmots, Flying Meatballs, Primate Poker	41	(2)
Enrichment, Nineties Style	43	(3)
Large Carnivores	46	(2)
Bears Go with the Floe	48	(4)
Clouded Leopards	52	(1)
All Animals Need Enrichment	53	(2)
The Great Apes	55	(5)
Enriching Sex Lives	60	(4)
Risky Business	64	(2)
Portrait of the Elephant as a Young Artist	66	(5)
Portrait of the Wild: Naturalistic Enclosures	71	(2)
The Wild Revolution	73	(3)
Illusion	76	(8)
The Best Architect: Nature	84	(5)
Baboons in the Bronx	89	(3)
Urban Oasis	92	(3)
Animal Magnetism: Why We Are Attracted to Zoos	95	(32)
Dangerous Seduction	95	(5)
Heart of Darkness: Zoo Escapes and Attacks	100	(10)
Elephant Handling: A Deadly Game	110	(9)
How to Handle an Elephant	119	(8)
All the Kings' Zoos	127	(38)
Zoos Before the Enlightenment	127	(2)
A Zoo in Every Port	137	(3)
The Class Menagerie	140	(4)
The Natural	144	(3)
The Turn of the Century and Beyond	147	(9)
Romance and Death	156	(6)
Sharing Secrets	162	(3)
The Future in the Freezer	165	(74)
Scientific Sex	165	(9)
Racing Toward Extinction: The Cheetah	174	(6)
Elephant Eggs	180	(1)
The Crowded Ark	181	(5)
Subspecies Soup	186	(6)
The Final Frontier: Return to the Wild	192	(4)
Hard-Wiring vs. Software	196	(6)
High-Tech Tracking	202	(2)
The World Is a Zoo	204	(2)
The Case of the Condor	206	(3)
Conservation Outside the Gate	209	(5)
Sex and Morality	214	(6)
Zoo Freaks	220	(3)
Sexual Politics	223	(11)
Rhinos: On the Horns of a Dilemma	234	(5)
The Future: Revolution in Style and Substance	239	(14)
The World on a String	240	(3)
Standing at the Crossroads	243	(3)
A Tour of the New Zoo: As Different as Night and Day	246	(7)
Into the Woods...	253