Acknowledgments |
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Foreword: Jane's Feather |
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Introduction |
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3 | (4) |
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7 | (12) |
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Mala or Rufous Hare-Wallaby, Australia |
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19 | (8) |
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27 | (12) |
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Milu or Pere David's Deer, China |
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39 | (8) |
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47 | (16) |
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Thane's Field Notes: Tahki or Przewalski's Horse, Mongolia |
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60 | (3) |
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PART 2 Saved at the Eleventh Hour |
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63 | (86) |
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65 | (2) |
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Golden Lion Tamarin, Brazil |
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67 | (10) |
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77 | (6) |
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Peregrine Falcon, USA and Europe |
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83 | (12) |
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American Burying Beetle, USA |
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95 | (6) |
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101 | (4) |
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Whooping Crane, USA and Canada |
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105 | (16) |
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Angonoka or Ploughshare Tortoise, Madagascar |
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121 | (6) |
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Formosan Landlocked Salmon, Taiwan |
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127 | (6) |
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Vancouver Island Marmot, Canada |
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133 | (16) |
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Thane's Field Notes: Sumatran Rhino, Indonesia |
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140 | (9) |
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145 | (4) |
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149 | (72) |
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151 | (2) |
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153 | (10) |
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Bactrian Camel, China and Mongolia |
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163 | (6) |
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169 | (10) |
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179 | (4) |
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Northern Bald Ibis or Waldrapp, Europe |
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183 | (8) |
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Columbia Basin Pygmy Rabbit, USA |
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191 | (4) |
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Attwater's Prairie Chicken, USA |
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195 | (6) |
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Asian Vultures, India, Nepal, and Pakistan |
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201 | (8) |
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Hawaiian Goose or Nene, USA |
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209 | (12) |
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Thane's Field Notes: Cotton-Top Tamarin, Colombia |
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214 | (7) |
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Panamanian Golden Frog, Panama |
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218 | (3) |
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PART 4 The Heroic Struggle to Save Our Island Birds |
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221 | (56) |
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223 | (4) |
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Black Robin or Chatham Island Robin, New Zealand |
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227 | (8) |
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Abbott's Booby, Christmas Island, Australia |
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235 | (8) |
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Bermuda Petrel or Cahow, Bermuda |
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243 | (12) |
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The Birds of Mauritius, Mauritius |
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255 | (8) |
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Short-Tailed Albatross or Steller's Albatross, Japan |
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263 | (14) |
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Thane's Field Notes: Blue-and-Gold Macaw, Trinidad |
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272 | (5) |
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PART 5 The Thrill of Discovery |
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277 | (50) |
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279 | (4) |
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New Discoveries: Species Still Being Discovered |
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283 | (14) |
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The Lazarus Syndrome: Species Believed Extinct and Recently Found |
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297 | (20) |
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Living Fossils: Ancient Species Recently Discovered |
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317 | (10) |
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PART 6 The Nature of Hope |
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327 | (28) |
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Healing Earth's Scars: It's Never Too Late |
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329 | (18) |
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Why Save Endangered Species? |
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347 | (8) |
Epilogue |
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355 | (8) |
Appendix: What You Can Do |
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363 | (26) |
Index |
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389 | (12) |
Reading Group Guide |
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