William Temple Hornaday was the Director of the New York Zoological Society and the nation's leading advocate of wildlife conservation in this era. This unspari

Reproduction of the original: Our Vanishing Wild Life by William T. Hornaday

Traces the history of wildlife conservation and environmental politics in America to 1992, and describes various extinct or endangered species.

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Introduction: A Nation's Park, Containing Man and Beast -- Chapter 1. Surviving Progress -- Chapter 2. Preserving the

'Ireland's heritage is being steadily whittled away by human exploitation, pollution and other aspects of modern development. This could represent a serious los