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Whaling --- Finback whale --- Whales --- Government policy --- Effect of hunting on. --- Conservation --- International cooperation. --- International Whaling Commission.
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Wildlife conservation (International law). --- Whales --- Elephants --- Conservation --- Law and legislation. --- Wildlife conservation (International law) --- Law and legislation --- Elephantidae --- Pachyderms --- Proboscidea (Mammals) --- Cetacea --- International law --- Conservation&delete& --- Whales - Conservation - Law and legislation --- Elephants - Conservation - Law and legislation
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Hans Thewissen, a leading researcher in the field of whale paleontology and anatomy, gives a sweeping first-person account of the discoveries that brought to light the early fossil record of whales. As evidenced in the record, whales evolved from herbivorous forest-dwelling ancestors that resembled tiny deer to carnivorous monsters stalking lakes and rivers and to serpentlike denizens of the coast. Thewissen reports on his discoveries in the wilds of India and Pakistan, weaving a narrative that reveals the day-to-day adventures of fossil collection, enriching it with local flavors from South Asian culture and society. The reader senses the excitement of the digs as well as the rigors faced by scientific researchers, for whom each new insight gives rise to even more questions, and for whom at times the logistics of just staying alive may trump all science. In his search for an understanding of how modern whales live their lives, Thewissen also journeys to Japan and Alaska to study whales and wild dolphins. He finds answers to his questions about fossils by studying the anatomy of otters and porpoises and examining whale embryos under the microscope. In the book's final chapter, Thewissen argues for approaching whale evolution with the most powerful tools we have and for combining all the fields of science in pursuit of knowledge.
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Presented here is the final and most coherent section of a sweeping classic work in environmental history, The Unending Frontier. The World Hunt focuses on the commercial hunting of wildlife and its profound global impact on the environment and the early modern world economy. Tracing the massive expansion of the European quest for animal products, The World Hunt explores the fur trade in North America and Russia, cod fishing in the North Atlantic, and whaling and sealing on the world's oceans and coastlands.
Human ecology --- Nature --- Hunting. --- Animal welfare. --- Wildlife conservation. --- Wildlife management. --- Animal populations --- Game management --- Management, Game --- Management, Wildlife --- Plant populations --- Wildlife resources --- Natural resources --- Wildlife conservation --- Animal conservation --- Animals --- Conservation of wildlife --- Preservation of wildlife --- Protection of wildlife --- Species conservation --- Species preservation --- Species protection --- Wildlife preservation --- Wildlife protection --- Wildlife resources conservation --- Wildlife resources preservation --- Wildlife resources protection --- Conservation of natural resources --- Nature conservation --- Endangered species --- Wildlife management --- Abuse of animals --- Animal cruelty --- Animals, Cruelty to --- Animals, Protection of --- Animals, Treatment of --- Cruelty to animals --- Humane treatment of animals --- Kindness to animals --- Mistreatment of animals --- Neglect of animals --- Prevention of cruelty to animals --- Protection of animals --- Treatment of animals --- Welfare, Animal --- Chase, The --- Field sports --- Gunning --- Harvesting (Hunting) --- Hunting for sport --- Hunting, Primitive --- Recreational hunting --- Sport hunting --- Wildlife-related recreation --- Safaris --- Trapping --- Environmental history --- History. --- Effect of human beings on --- Management --- Conservation --- Abuse of --- Social aspects --- american history. --- animal products. --- animals. --- california world history library series. --- capitalism. --- coastlands. --- cod fishing. --- commercial hunting of wildlife. --- deerskin. --- environmental history. --- environmentalism. --- european history. --- european quests. --- fur trade. --- furs. --- global impact. --- history. --- hunting. --- modern world economy. --- natural world. --- nature. --- north america. --- north atlantic. --- oceans. --- political. --- retrospective. --- russia. --- russian history. --- sealing. --- siberia. --- the unending frontier series. --- walruses. --- whales. --- whaling. --- wildlife. --- world history.
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