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The Life, Extinction, and Rebreeding of Quagga Zebras

- Significance for Conservation
Af: Peter Heywood Engelsk Hardback

The Life, Extinction, and Rebreeding of Quagga Zebras

- Significance for Conservation
Af: Peter Heywood Engelsk Hardback
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Quaggas were beautiful pony-sized zebras in southern Africa that had fewer stripes on their bodies and legs, and a browner body coloration than other zebras. Indigenous people hunted quaggas, portrayed them in rock art, and told stories about them. Settlers used quaggas to pull wagons and to protect livestock against predators. Taken to Europe, they were admired, exhibited, harnessed to carriages, illustrated by famous artists and written about by scientists. Excessive hunting led to quaggas'' extinction in the 1880s but DNA from museum specimens showed rebreeding was feasible and now zebras resembling quaggas live in their former habitats. This rebreeding is compared with other de-extinction and rewilding ventures and its appropriateness discussed against the backdrop of conservation challenges—including those facing other zebras. In an Anthropocene of species extinction, climate change and habitat loss which organisms and habitats should be saved, and should attempts be made to restore extinct species?
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Quaggas were beautiful pony-sized zebras in southern Africa that had fewer stripes on their bodies and legs, and a browner body coloration than other zebras. Indigenous people hunted quaggas, portrayed them in rock art, and told stories about them. Settlers used quaggas to pull wagons and to protect livestock against predators. Taken to Europe, they were admired, exhibited, harnessed to carriages, illustrated by famous artists and written about by scientists. Excessive hunting led to quaggas'' extinction in the 1880s but DNA from museum specimens showed rebreeding was feasible and now zebras resembling quaggas live in their former habitats. This rebreeding is compared with other de-extinction and rewilding ventures and its appropriateness discussed against the backdrop of conservation challenges—including those facing other zebras. In an Anthropocene of species extinction, climate change and habitat loss which organisms and habitats should be saved, and should attempts be made to restore extinct species?
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 242
ISBN-13: 9781108831604
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 1108831605
Kategori: Truede arter og artsudryddelse
Udg. Dato: 19 maj 2022
Længde: 17mm
Bredde: 157mm
Højde: 235mm
Forlag: Cambridge University Press
Oplagsdato: 19 maj 2022
Forfatter(e): Peter Heywood
Forfatter(e) Peter Heywood

Kategori Truede arter og artsudryddelse

ISBN-13 9781108831604

Sprog Engelsk

Indbinding Hardback

Sider 242

Udgave

Længde 17mm

Bredde 157mm

Højde 235mm

Udg. Dato 19 maj 2022

Oplagsdato 19 maj 2022

Forlag Cambridge University Press