Book Review: Through My Eyes: Journey of a Wildlife Veterinarian
CF’s Co-Editor reviews Dr. Michael D. Kock’s book Through My Eyes: Journey of a Wildlife Veterinarian. This eye-filling, readable chronicle of a life well spent seems to confirm what so many Nova, Nature and NatGeo TV shows hint at: That a career in wildlife conservation might just be as rewarding and even romantic as it appears.READ MORE
Abstracts of Recently Published Papers on Hunting & Conservation
The Conservation Frontlines Team selected a range of new scientific, peer- reviewed papers. Scan the abstracts to get an overview. All items have links to the original papers.READ MORE
Book Review: The Last Elephants
Acknowledged African wildlife experts John Hanks and John Ledger take a critical look at Don Pinnock and Colin Bell’s The Last Elephants. Hanks concludes with “enjoy the book for its great photographs, but please read the text critically and with an open mind for alternative options”; Ledger writes “it is time for a different approach, and hiding one of Africa’s conservation success stories is not a very convincing way to win a spitting contest.”READ MORE
Book Review: The Three-Minute Outdoorsman Returns: From Mammoth On The Menu To The Benefits Of Moose Drool
Jim Williams gives a tongue-in-cheek review of Robert M Zink’s enjoyable new book peppered with many facts.READ MORE
Book Review: End Of The Megafauna: The Fate Of The World’s Hugest, Fiercest, And Strangest Animals
Silvio Calabi reviews Ross D.E. MacPhee’s book End of the Megafauna: The Fate of the World’s Hugest, Fiercest, and Strangest Animals. For all its intellectual rigor and occasionally academic language, MacPhee’s book was written for lay people. The last chapter shows how the fossils of giant bears, mammoths and saber-toothed cats could point to astonishing future developments.READ MORE