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Menseneters : koninklijke tijgers en heilige haaien
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ISBN: 9025846440 Year: 2005 Publisher: Leopold Amsterdam

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Eten wolven echt kinderen? Hoeveel zwemmers lokt een haai op? Hoe verdedigt je je tegen een woedende beer? Leeuw, beer, tijger en wolf zijn eng, mooi en machtig tegelijk, net als krokodil, luipaard en haai. Hun krachtige kaken, snelle sprong en dodelijke kracht maakt hen niet alleen onze vijand en soms zelfs menseneter, maar ook ons voorbeeld.

Frontiers of fear
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ISBN: 1281741027 9786611741020 0300127596 9780300127591 0300085397 9780300085396 9781281741028 661174102X Year: 2001 Publisher: New Haven, Conn. Yale University Press

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For centuries, reports of man-eating tigers in Indonesia, Malaysia, and Singapore have circulated, shrouded in myth and anecdote. This fascinating book documents the "big cat"-human relationship in this area during its 350-year colonial period, re-creating a world in which people feared tigers but often came into contact with them, because these fierce predators prefer habitats created by human interference. Peter Boomgaard shows how people and tigers adapted to each other's behavior, each transmitting this learning from one generation to the next. He discusses the origins of stories and rituals about tigers and explains how cultural biases of Europeans and class differences among indigenous populations affected attitudes toward the tigers. He provides figures on their populations in different eras and analyzes the factors contributing to their present status as an endangered species. Interweaving stories about Malay kings, colonial rulers, tiger charmers, and bounty hunters with facts about tigers and their way of life, the book is an engrossing combination of environmental and micro history.


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The deer and the tiger
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ISBN: 1282426885 9786612426889 0226736571 9780226736570 Year: 1984 Publisher: Chicago University of Chicago Press

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The Deer and the Tiger is Schaller's detailed account of the ecology and behavior of Bengal tigers and four species of the hoofed mammals on which they prey, based on his observations in India's Kanha National Park. "This book is a treasure house of biological information and it is also a delight to read. . . . Excellent phoographs accompany the text."-Robert K. Enders, American Scientist "The one book that has been my greatest source of inspiration is The Deer and the Tiger by George Schaller, based on the first ever scientific field study of the tiger. . . . This book is written by a scientist, but speaks from the heart. . . . It reveals startling information on feeding habitats, territorial behaviour, and the nuances that make up the language of the forest; you become totally immersed in the world of the tiger. . . . For all of us who work in tiger conservation, this book is the bible."-Valmik Thapar, BBC Wildlife


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Assessing the Environmental Adaptation of Wildlife and Production Animals : Applications of Physiological Indices and Welfare Assessment Tools
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Year: 2021 Publisher: Basel, Switzerland MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute

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Wild animals under human care as well as domesticated farm production animals are often exposed to environmental changes (e.g., capture and transportation). Short-term or acute changes in physiological indices (e.g., heart rate, respiration, body temperatures, immune cells, and stress hormonal biomarkers) provide crucial information regarding the responses of animals to novel environments, and they could provide crucial determining factors for the long-term health and welfare of animals. This Special Issue includes experimental research papers that demonstrate the applications of physiological indices and welfare assessment methods (e.g., morphological and morphometric data, behavioural assessments, thermal profiles, and physiological markers) in any wildlife or production animal (e.g., rescued and rehabilitating animals, pets, competition animals, farm animals, and zoo animals), in response to environmental and management related factors. The goal is to provide examples of new research and techniques that can be used to monitor short- and long-term environmental adaptation of animals under human care.


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Tigers of the world : the science, politics, and conservation of Panthera tigris
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ISBN: 9780815515708 0815515707 9786612541131 0080947514 1282541137 Year: 2010 Publisher: Amsterdam ; Boston : Elsevier/Academic Press,

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The second edition of Tigers of the World explores tiger biology, ecology, conservation, management, and the science and technology that make this possible. In 1988, when the first edition was published, tiger conservation was still in its infancy, and two decades later there has been a revolution not only in what is known, but how information about tigers is obtained and disseminated. In the fast changing world of conservation, there is a great need to summarize the vast and current state-of-the-art, to put this into historical perspective, and to speculate in what yet remains to be

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