Summary: "An Apology to Elephants explores the beauty and intelligence of elephants as well as threats to their survival. Focusing on the lives of elephants in captivity, the documentary tells the troubling story of what happens to elephants in the name of entertainment. An Apology to Elephants is an eye-opening film about the exploitation of elephants. It features beautiful footage from nature...
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Teen Display, Call number: DVD DOC APOBradshaw, G. A. (Gay A.)
Summary: Drawing on accounts from India to Africa and California to Tennessee, and on research in neuroscience, psychology, and animal behaviour, G. A. Bradshaw explores the minds, emotions, and lives of elephants. He argues that a breakdown of ancient elephant cultures has resulted from exposure to violent trauma and urges readers to support elephant recovery.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2009
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 599.67 BRARidge, Yolanda
Summary: "Immersive non-fiction with STEM and social justice themes that proves that the future of the environment is in our hands-and helps pave the way forward. Evolution isn't just a thing of the past. It is happening right now, in every species across the world-and our influence on the future of the plants and animals around us is much bigger than we might think. A closer look at the science behind...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Annick Press 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 304.2 RIDCopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 304.2 RIDMcKibben, Bill.
Summary: 'Reissued on the tenth anniversary of its publication, this classic work on our environmental crisis features a new introduction by the author, reviewing both the progress and ground lost in the fight to save the earth. This impassioned plea for radical and life-renewing change is today still considered a groundbreaking work in environmental studies. McKibben's argument that the survival of the...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Trade Paperbacks 2006