The new International Zoo Yearbook[vol 47] is perhaps the best for some years specializing in freshwater fish and with some excellent individual papers outside of that subject including"Management and husbandry problems for Shoebills in captivity".The census of zoos and aquariums of the world continues to be invaluable too[if not as comprehensive as I would wish].It remains a ferocious price but apparently bits of it can be downloaded[at a price].Go to Wiley Blackwell.
Just arrived is the additional volume of "Handbook of Birds of the World" covering the 123 species named since the series began but ,very importantly naming 15 new Amazonian bird species for the first time.In addition there is a very interesting chapter on the changing world of familial relationships brought about by DNA analysis..as with much of this work it challenges much of what we once thought-for instance the Magellanic Plover is actually a sheathbill...and many more!
"Zooland -The Institution of Captivity" by Irus Braverman is typical of the rash of zoo philosophy books that have emanated from U.S. academia in recent years[yes all these under-employed scholars found a new seam of gold] in that it goes around and around in circles of chin-stroking and brow-furrowing without really getting anywhere- vis a vis the philosopher who once compared zoo visiting to watching ***********!I wouldnt bother if I were you.
And finally a little cheapie-"In At The Deep End" which tells the story of how The Deep in Hull came about from the local bureaucrat who was behind much of it.Not much about fish, but a useful insight into why The Deep looks the way it does,is where it is and why Britain doesnt do world-class aquariums.
Just arrived is the additional volume of "Handbook of Birds of the World" covering the 123 species named since the series began but ,very importantly naming 15 new Amazonian bird species for the first time.In addition there is a very interesting chapter on the changing world of familial relationships brought about by DNA analysis..as with much of this work it challenges much of what we once thought-for instance the Magellanic Plover is actually a sheathbill...and many more!
"Zooland -The Institution of Captivity" by Irus Braverman is typical of the rash of zoo philosophy books that have emanated from U.S. academia in recent years[yes all these under-employed scholars found a new seam of gold] in that it goes around and around in circles of chin-stroking and brow-furrowing without really getting anywhere- vis a vis the philosopher who once compared zoo visiting to watching ***********!I wouldnt bother if I were you.
And finally a little cheapie-"In At The Deep End" which tells the story of how The Deep in Hull came about from the local bureaucrat who was behind much of it.Not much about fish, but a useful insight into why The Deep looks the way it does,is where it is and why Britain doesnt do world-class aquariums.
