Eight bears : mythic past and imperiled future /
Dickie, Gloria,
Eight bears : mythic past and imperiled future / Gloria Dickie. - First edition. - xiv, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-250).
The cloud dwellers (Spectacled bear, Ecuador and Peru) -- Dancing with death (Sloth bear, India) -- Soft power (Panda bear, China) -- Liquid gold (Moon bear and sun bear, Vietnam) -- Out of the wild (American black bear, United States) -- Return of the grizzly (Brown bear, United States) -- The ice walkers (Polar bear, Canada).
"Bears have always held a central place in our collective memory, from Indigenous folklore and Greek mythology to nineteenth-century fairytales and the modern toy shop. But as humans and bears come into ever-closer contact, our relationship nears a tipping point. Today, most of the eight remaining bear species are threatened with extinction. Some, such as the panda bear and the polar bear, are icons of the natural world; others, such as the spectacled bear and the sloth bear, are far less known"--
9781324005087 1324005084
Bears.
Bears--Conservation.
Human-animal relationships.
Animals--Effect of human beings on.
Eight bears : mythic past and imperiled future / Gloria Dickie. - First edition. - xiv, 250 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 219-250).
The cloud dwellers (Spectacled bear, Ecuador and Peru) -- Dancing with death (Sloth bear, India) -- Soft power (Panda bear, China) -- Liquid gold (Moon bear and sun bear, Vietnam) -- Out of the wild (American black bear, United States) -- Return of the grizzly (Brown bear, United States) -- The ice walkers (Polar bear, Canada).
"Bears have always held a central place in our collective memory, from Indigenous folklore and Greek mythology to nineteenth-century fairytales and the modern toy shop. But as humans and bears come into ever-closer contact, our relationship nears a tipping point. Today, most of the eight remaining bear species are threatened with extinction. Some, such as the panda bear and the polar bear, are icons of the natural world; others, such as the spectacled bear and the sloth bear, are far less known"--
9781324005087 1324005084
Bears.
Bears--Conservation.
Human-animal relationships.
Animals--Effect of human beings on.