Zoochat Booklist

Pertinax said:
One of the first Nat.His. books I ever read, at a very young age and it definately fired my enthusiasm too. I no longer have a copy but I remember much of it was about the colony of Jackdaws in his native village(was it Altenburg?) And the behaviour of the local Dogs also.

I do have his last(?)work though- entitled 'I am here, where are you'? -a study of Greylag Geese.
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I recently reread my copy, inspired by seeing the water shrews at Slimbridge, it's still surprisingly good. He established the jackdaw colony which is the heart of the book - but many other species are mentioned. I have read his book on dogs (now superseded by modern research) and 'On Aggression', but not the goose book.

Alan
 
snowleopard said:
Recent purchases of mine include (all were purchased in 2012):

Window to the Sea - by Grant and Jones
Silent Thunder - Katy Payne
Animal Gardens - Emily Kahn
Chasing the Panda - Michael Kiefer
Captive Beauty: Zoo Portraits - Frank Noelker
Keepers of the Kingdom: The New American Zoo - Michael Nichols
Strange Things Happened to me on my way to the Zoo - Mike Thomas
Jumbo - Paul Chambers
Wild Animals in Captivity - H. Hediger
Ghosts of Tsavo - Philip Caputo
The Management of Wild Mammals in Captivity - Lee S. Crandall
Packy and Me - Matthew Maberry
Abenteuer Zoo - Petzold and Sorge
Mesker Park Zoo: A Pictorial History
Hey Mister! - Your Alligator's Loose - Gary K. Clarke
Wrestling with Rhinos - Dr. Jerry Haigh
The Peaceable Kingdom - John Sedgwick
The First Fifty Years: Detroit Zoological Park - William A. Austin
125 Years at the Philadelphia Zoo - Clark DeLeon
The Tower Menagerie - Daniel Hahn
Kansas City Zoo Tales - Ruth Seeliger
Melbourne Zoo: 150th Anniversary Book
The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival - John Vaillant
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Thanks for the list, Snowleopard. I have an Amazon gift card I've been meaning to use, and I might get a book or two off this list.
 
First of al of course the books of Gerald Durrell and David Taylor. Other must reads are ( in
mine opinion ) : The passion of John Aspinall
Penguin Millionaire - the story of Birdland
Zootierhaltung by Wolfgang Puschmann ( in German )
Iets grootsch en buitengewoons - 150 years Rotterdam Zoo ( in Dutch )
International Zooyear Book
and many, many more....
 
[ame=http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/162209641X/ref=cm_cr_mts_prod_img]Amazon.com: A Tenrec Named Trey (And other odd lettered animals that like to play) (9781622096411): Kenny Coogan, Chris Padovano: Books[/ame]

My friend who works at Tampa's Lowry Park Zoo just published his first childrens book. I recommend it to anyone who has children. Here's a description from the Amazon page:

A Tenrec named Trey (and other odd lettered animals that like to play), offers a playful look into the lives of some of the amazing animals from the animal kingdom. Written in beautiful poetic lines, A Tenrec named Trey teaches great life lessons to kids of all ages using fun rhyming verse. Featuring fun and unique characters like Velma Quinn the Valley Quail and Wade the Water Dragon, A Tenrec named Trey is sure to delight young readers and encourage them to read these stories over and over.
 
A book on tenrecs for children! With them being one if my favourite species and with a baby on the way I may just buy it!

When I get round to sorting my zoo book collection out I will post What I have :)
 
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