Animal Conservationist - Zoo
Find various books on being an Animal Conservationist, from fact, to fiction. SA Career Focus has assembled these titles for your convenience. To purchase any of the books reviewed below, please click on the title/icon of the relevant book, and you will automatically be linked to the supplier's website. All orders, purchases and payments are dealt with directly by them. An Animal Conservationist helps to clean camps, feeding of animals and animal welfare management during breeding season in Zoos, reserves and parks.
 Zoo Animal Immobilization and Anesthesia
Zoo Animal Immobilization and Anesthesia is the definitive, comprehensive reference for the growing fields of zoo, wildlife, and exotic animal veterinary medicine. This book will bring together information on pharmacology, restraint equipment, emergency techniques and complications, induction recovery, and anesthetic and analgesia information for all major zoo and exotic animals in a series of species specific chapters. Review by Kalahari.net  Babylon's Ark: The Incredible Wartime Rescue of the Baghdad Zoo
When the Iraq war began, conservationist Lawrence Anthony could think of only one thing: the fate of the Baghdad Zoo, located in the city centre and caught in the war's crossfire. Once Anthony entered Baghdad he discovered that full-scale combat and uncontrolled looting had killed nearly all the animals of the zoo. But not all of them. U.S. soldiers had taken the time to help care for the remaining animals, and the zoo's staff had returned to work in spite of the constant fire fights. Together, the Americans and Iraqis managed to keep alive the animals that had survived the invasion. "Babylon's Ark" chronicles the zoo's transformation from bombed-out rubble to peaceful park. Along the way, Anthony recounts hair-raising efforts to save a pride of the dictator's lions, close a deplorable black-market zoo, and rescue Saddam's Arabian horses. His unique ground-level experience makes "Babylon's Ark" an uplifting story of both sides working together for the sake of innocent animals caught in the war's crossfire. Review by Kalahari.net  Stereotypic Animal Behaviour: Fundamentals and Applications to Welfare
Abnormal behaviour patterns, from the jumping and somersaulting of caged laboratory mice to the pacing of enclosed 'big cats', are displayed by many millions of farm, zoo, research and companion animals. Including new chapters and over 30 contributors, this book focuses on the causation and treatment of these environment-induced stereotypic behaviours, and their implications for animal welfare and normalcy of brain functioning. The book begins by taking an ethological perspective, focusing on the constraints captivity places on animals' normal behavioural repertoires, and the effects these have on specific motivational systems. It then addresses the role of dysfunction, particularly the impact of chronic stress and impoverished environments on brain functioning. The book then moves on to explore how stereotypic behaviours can be tackled, once they have emerged, using diverse techniques from environmental enrichment to pharmaceutical intervention. It concludes by giving a new definition for 'stereotypic behaviour', and a discussion of future research directions. Review by Kalahari.net  Sailing with Noah: Stories from the World of Zoos
Written by the president of the nation's number-one zoo, "Sailing with Noah" is an intensely personal, behind-the-scenes look at modern zoos. Jeffrey P. Bonner, who was trained as an anthropologist and came to the zoo world quite by accident, shares some of the most compelling stories ever told about contemporary zoos. The stories jump between zoos in different cities and between countries on different continents. Some are fun and funny. Others, like the following, are sad, even tragic. Pete Hoskins, the director of the Philadelphia Zoo, is in bed, sound asleep, when his phone rings... 'There's been a fire in the World of Primates,' he is told. 'You've got to get over here.' Whatever he has been dreaming, it is nothing like the nightmare he will find now that he is awake... 'They're all gone. They're all gone.' All of the animals in the building - the gorillas, the lemurs, the orangutans, and the gibbons - all twenty-three of them are dead. Written in a lively, accessible style, "Sailing with Noah" explores the role of zoos in today's society and their future as institutions of education, conservation, and entertainment. Along the way, Bonner relates a variety of true stories about animals and those who care for them (or abuse them). Review by Kalahari.net  Life at the Zoo: Behind the Scenes with the Animal Doctors
From escaping the affections of a leopard that thought he was a lap cat to training a gorilla to hold her newborn baby gently (instead of scrubbing the floor with it), from operating on an anesthetized elephant ("I had the insecure sensation of working under a large dump truck with a wobbly support jack") to figuring out why a zoo's polar bears were turning green in color, Life at the Zoo tells irresistible stories about zoo animals and zoo people and a few about their adversaries. Review by Kalahari.net  Zoologica
Zoologica is unlike some zoo books. Instead of a few photographs and large sections of text, it is packed with over 1400 photos on 200 plus pages. There are fifteen zoos covered, all from the Midwest. Some are commonly known, such as the Cincinnati and Columbus, while others are more locally acknowledged. This book appeals to both young and old alike. Children will enjoy the many brilliant photos of exotic animals. There are over 300 species represented. Adults may prefer the discovery of a new place to explore or perhaps the chance to see something they did not know existed. All in all, it is a pleasurable visual experience. Review by Kalahari.net
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