Animal kingdoms : wildlife sanctures of the world /

Animal kingdoms : wildlife sanctures of the world / [contributing authors, Partick R. Booz ...[et al.] ; prepared by the Book Division, National Geographic Society. - Washington, D.C. : The Society, c1995. - 200 p. : col. ill. 26 cm.

Provides information on sanctuaries through out the world specifically countriescontinents were wild animals abound like in :Africa ,Europe,Asia,Australia,North America,South America.Emphasizes that "any refuge exist only as long as a human society -not mere law-allows it to exist." Further contends that sancutaries are "places where wildlife enjoys some measure of protection,wether or not that protection stems from governmental decree or something as ephemeral as physical remoteness.Thus a logged forest, a private estate -even a cattle rach - can serve also as wildlife refuge ,if its ecological make up helps wildlife survive.

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National parks and reserves
National parks and reserves.
Wildlife refuges
Wildlife refuges.

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