Brink of Extinction  by Barbara Katz, Tory Peterson, Signed First Ed

The true story of the grassroots effort to save the world's endangered wild cranes. In a world of discouraging environmental statistics, powerful enemies of conservation, geographic and political obstacles, and a lack of understanding about animals and their needs, this is a vital success story

Cranes are grand and beautiful birds. They have long graceful bodies, which they lift to the sky in elegant, flawless flight. Mates dance together, springing lightly from the ground, wings outstretched. Their rhythmic unison calls are nature's trumpets. They are among the most magnificent and intriguing birds on earth, and seven of their fifteen species are endangered. Twenty years ago, two young ornithologists named George Archibald and Ronald Sauey established the International Crane Foundation in Baraboo, Wisconsin, to save these spectacular birds. So Cranes May Dance tells the fascinating story of these two men and their foundation, and in the process it reveals what conservationists can - and must - accomplish. Their goals are ambitious but critical: to save the many endangered species of cranes, to educate the world about the beauty and importance of the birds, and to restore the precious wetlands where the cranes dwell. As they begin their work, their financial resources are almost nil, and their crane population consists of two blind white-naped cranes, two crippled red-crowned cranes, and three sandhill crane chicks, but what they lack in practical assets, they make up for in sheer energy, a mutual deep regard for the environment, and the ability to recruit others to their cause, both in the United States and abroad. Along the course many dramatic episodes occur, some full of fanfare and celebration, others poignant and even tragic. A herpesvirus wipes out one crane after another and threatens to dissolve the foundation; an earnest volunteer takes a challenging trip to Moscow to transport four invaluable wild Siberian crane eggs back to Wisconsin; the first black-necked crane ever hatched in the United States momentously arrives; and ICF finally manages to get temperamental Tex, one of the world's rarest whooping cranes and a bird who will only dance with humans, to lay a fertile egg. In the world of discouraging environmental statistics, powerful enem

The true story of the grassroots effort to save the world's endangered wild cranes. In a world of discouraging environmental statistics, powerful enemies of conservation, geographic and political obstacles, and a lack of understanding about animals and their needs, this is a vital success story. A portion of the proceeds to be donated to the International Crane Foundation. Color photographs. Line drawings.

• ISBN-13: 9781556521713
• Publisher: Chicago Review Press, Incorporated
• Publication date: 2/29/2000
• Edition description: 1st ed
• Edition number: 1
• Pages: 300
• Product dimensions: 6.34 (w) x 9.31 (h) x 1.04 (d)

New, Signed by Barbara Katz. First Ed.

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