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04354cam a22005894a 4500 001 52F4B5C82B0C11DE82774608A8D7520A 003 SILO 005 20190815012642 008 050816s2006 mauabf b 001 0 eng 010 $a 2005023842 020 $a 9780618872503 (pbk.) 020 $a 0618872507 (pbk.) 020 $a 9780395893104 020 $a 0395893100 040 $a DLC $c DLC $d SILO $d C#P $d VP@ $d IG# $d BUR $d BTCTA $d YDXCP $d PLF $d NOR $d IWV $d SILO 042 $a pcc 043 $a f-za--- 050 00 $a QL737.P98 $b O95 2006 082 00 $a 599.67/4 $2 22 100 1 $a Owens, Mark, $d 1944- 245 1 $a Secrets of the savanna : $b twenty-three years in the African wilderness unraveling the mysteries of elephants and people / $c Mark and Delia Owens. 260 $a Boston : $b Houghton Mifflin, $c 2006. 300 $a xxiii, 230 p., [8] p. of plates : $b col. ill., maps ; $c 22 cm. 504 $a Includes bibliographical references (p. 213-214) and index. 505 00 $t Index. $r Alexandra Fuller -- $t Prologue -- $t Authors' note -- $t Maps -- $t North Luangwa National Park -- $t Mpika District -- $g 24. The $t Gift -- $g 2. $t Poacher cum Miller -- $g 3. $t Upside-down elephants -- $g 4. The $t song of the winterthorn -- $g 5. $t Grandpa -- $g 6. $t Any time from now -- $g 7. $t Gullywhumper -- $g 8. $t No school for Gift -- $g 9. The $t women of Katibunga -- $g 10. $t My troop -- $g 11. $t Mountain elephants -- $g 12. The $t commerce of understanding -- $g 13. The $t Kakule club -- $g 14. $t Too much sugar -- $g 15. $t Chipundu pride -- $g 16. A $t present from Gift -- $g 17. A $t dangerous dinner -- $g 18. $t Wildlife drama -- $g 19. $t When I close my eyes I see elephants -- $g 20. A $t dance with Survivor -- $g 21. $t Grass huts and leopard stumps -- $g 22. $t Camp Arrest -- $g 23. $t Adrift -- $g 24. The $t stones of my stream -- $t Epilogue -- $t Appendix : The North Luangwa Conservation Project -- $t Suggested reading -- $t Acknowledgments -- $t Index. 520 $a When Mark and Delia Owens settled in Zambia, they found elephants and other wildlife decimated by poachers; the local villagers, who depended on the wildlife, were driven to desperate acts--including poaching themselves. To save people and animals, the Owenses started a microlending program that lifted the villagers out of poverty. But older elephants had been slaughtered, taking with them knowledge that had been passed along for generations. Left behind was social chaos--single moms, solitary orphans, rowdy gangs of young males--and a scientific mystery: how could there be so many babies and so few females old enough to be mothers? An orphan eventually provided the clue to a remarkable discovery. Meanwhile, the poachers shifted their sights from the elephants to the Owenses, finally driving them out of the country. After two decades in Africa, Mark and Delia returned to America to find social changes frighteningly similar to what they had seen among the elephants of Zambia.--From publisher description. 650 0 $a African elephant $x Conservation $z Luangwa River Valley (Zambia and Mozambique) 650 0 $a African elephant $x Effect of hunting on $z Luangwa River Valley (Zambia and Mozambique) 650 0 $a Nature conservation $x Economic aspects $z Luangwa River Valley (Zambia and Mozambique) 600 10 $a Owens, Delia. 600 10 $a Owens, Mark, $d 1944- 700 1 $a Owens, Delia. 856 41 $3 Table of contents $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0518/2005023842.html 856 42 $3 Publisher description $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0623/2005023842-d.html 856 41 $3 Sample text $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0642/2005023842-s.html 856 42 $3 Contributor biographical information $u http://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0736/2005023842-b.html 941 $a 13 952 $l CMPE792 $d 20240809011711.0 952 $l DFPC353 $d 20240430021310.0 952 $l ALPE516 $d 20240417011717.0 952 $l SMPE094 $d 20240104015603.0 952 $l FXPH314 $d 20220909014658.0 952 $l YEPF572 $d 20200204033939.0 952 $l TYPH572 $d 20200110020725.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20191113010119.0 952 $l BOPG851 $d 20181006035925.0 952 $l USUX851 $d 20160823064607.0 952 $l UDAX314 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l PTAX572 $d 20090701080000.0 952 $l KSPG296 $d 20090701080000.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=52F4B5C82B0C11DE82774608A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b IWVInitiate Another SILO Locator Search