Hope for Animals and their World

This book delivers on its title by describing efforts all over the world to rescue endangered species and enable their populations to recover. Jane Goodall is famous for her message of hope and travels tirelessly all over the world to support her causes. The current extinction is human induced and has to be reversed equally by human means. Her four reasons for hope are the brilliance of the human mind, the resilience of nature, the energy and commitment of informed young people who are empowered to act, and the indomitable human spirit. Species being brought back from the brink include the red wolf, the California Condor, the American burying beetle, the crested Ibis, the Formosan landlocked salmon, the Iberian lynx, the pygmy hog, the short tailed albatross and many others. The section on island birds relates how humans brought other species with them to these islands and how this rapidly changed the existing balance of nature. Sometimes it is therefore necessary to cull these incomers in large numbers in order to preserve indigenous species. At the end of the book, there is a detailed section on what individuals can do with respect to the various species described. You can also support Jane's charities - see www.janegoodall.org - as a person, Jane is inspirational in having followed her childhood dreams.