Troubled Waters. The Changing Fortunes of Whales and Dolphins  -  Lazarus, Sarah

the changing fortunes of whales and dolphins

KORTE INHOUD

Whales and dolphins are enduringly popular animals, yet man’s relationship with them over the years has been as exploitative as it is appreciative. The story begins over 1000 years ago when hunters first took up harpoons and went to sea in search of the rich rewards of meat, oil and whalebone.Troubled Waters charts a course through the whaling boom of the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, the tragic implications of commercial fishing and noise pollution, the controversial keeping of dolphins in captivi...
2006 Taal: Engels zie alle details...

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2006 Uitgever: London, Natural History Museum Publications 210 paginas Taal: Engels ISBN-10: 0565091921 ISBN-13: 9780565091927