Minteer, Ben A. (Editor)
Maienschein, Jane (Editor)
Collins, James P. (Editor)
Rabb, George (Contributor)
University of Chicago Press
Physical Details: 528 pages
Language: English
Scores of wild species and ecosystems around the world face a variety of human-caused threats, from habitat destruction and fragmentation to rapid climate change. But there is hope, and it, too, comes in a most human form: zoos and aquariums. Gathering a diverse, multi-institutional collection of leading zoo and aquarium scientists as well as historians, philosophers, biologists, and social scientists, The Ark and Beyond traces the history and underscores the present role of these organizations as essential conservation actors. It also offers a framework for their future course, reaffirming that if zoos and aquariums make biodiversity conservation a top priority, these institutions can play a vital role in tackling conservation challenges of global magnitude. While early menageries were anything but the centers of conservation that many zoos are today, a concern with wildlife preservation has been an integral component of the modern, professionally run zoo since the nineteenth century. From captive breeding initiatives to rewilding programs, zoos and aquariums have long been at the cutting edge of research and conservation science, sites of impressive new genetic and reproductive techniques. Today, their efforts reach even further beyond recreation, with educational programs, community-based conservation initiatives, and international, collaborative programs designed to combat species extinction and protect habitats at a range of scales. Addressing related topics as diverse as zoo animal welfare, species reintroductions, amphibian extinctions, and whether zoos can truly be “wild,” this book explores the whole range of research and conservation practices that spring from zoos and aquariums while emphasizing the historical, scientific, and ethical traditions that shape these efforts. Also featuring an inspiring foreword by the late George Rabb, president emeritus of the Chicago Zoological Society / Brookfield Zoo, The Ark and Beyond illuminates these institutions’ growing significance to the preservation of global biodiversity in this century.
...MoreReview Andrew Flack (January 2019) Review of "The Ark and Beyond: The Evolution of Zoo and Aquarium Conservation". Environmental History (pp. 204-206).
Review Aaron van Neste (2019) Review of "The Ark and Beyond: The Evolution of Zoo and Aquarium Conservation". British Journal for the History of Science (pp. 180-181).
Review Raf De Bont (2019) Review of "The Ark and Beyond: The Evolution of Zoo and Aquarium Conservation". Isis: International Review Devoted to the History of Science and Its Cultural Influences (pp. 578-579).
Review Miles A. Powell (2018) Review of "The Ark and Beyond: The Evolution of Zoo and Aquarium Conservation". Journal of the History of Biology (pp. 609-611).
Chapter Anita Guerrini; Michael A. Osborne (2018) Animals in Circulation: The ‘Prehistory’ of Modern Zoos. In: The Ark and Beyond: The Evolution of Zoo and Aquarium Conservation (p. 15).
Chapter Barrow, Mark V., Jr. (2018) Teetering on the Brink of Extinction: The Passenger Pigeon, the Bison, and American Zoo Culture in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries. In: The Ark and Beyond: The Evolution of Zoo and Aquarium Conservation (p. 51).
Chapter Pamela M. Henson (2018) American Zoos: A Shifting Balance between Recreation and Conservation. In: The Ark and Beyond: The Evolution of Zoo and Aquarium Conservation (p. 65).
Chapter Vernon N. Kisling Jr (2018) Historic and Cultural Foundations of Zoo Conservation: A Narrative Timeline. In: The Ark and Beyond: The Evolution of Zoo and Aquarium Conservation (p. 41).
Chapter Harriet Ritvo (2018) The World as Zoo: Acclimatization in the Nineteenth Century. In: The Ark and Beyond: The Evolution of Zoo and Aquarium Conservation (p. 27).
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