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CONTEMPORARY ISSUES

PROT E C T I NG T H E E ART H ’ S AN I MA L S

EVERY YEAR, PEOPLE ARE DOING MORE AND MORE TO SAVE ANIMALS FACING DESTRUCTION OR EXTINCTION FROM A WIDE RANGE OF DANGERS. Protecting the Earth’s Animals attacks some of the most important issues in wildlife conservation around the world, whether saving rhinos in Africa, trying to free captive killer

whales, or, trying to make sure our pet dogs and cats are well cared for. Endangered species are just part of the story; entire animal groups are in trouble, to say nothing of habitats and ecosystems. The human warriors in the battles to help wildlife are the heroes of the stories in Protecting the Earth’s Animals.

AT HOME IN THE WATER

Whales killed in traffic accidents. Dol- phins with measles. Starving sea lions and overheated polar bears. All over the world, marine mammals are facing prob- lems. Some species have become extinct. They are threatened by everything from hunt- ing and fishing to ship strikes,pollution,and global warming. But there are also some success stories as people learnmore about marinemammals and how to protect them. Sentriesof theSea M illions of different species live in the ocean, but only a tiny fraction are mammals. There are only about 125 dif- ferent species of marine mammals in the

WORDS TO UNDERSTAND circulatory relating to how bloodmoves around in the body echolocation away that animals can use sound echoes to find objects ecosystem the places that species live,and how they

interactwith each other and their environment keystone a part of a system that everything else depends on pelt the outer skin and fur of amammal

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8 VOLUME SET © 2018

Set ISBN ..........978-1-4222-3872-1 Hardcover Set Price ...........$255.44 Hardcover List Price ..............31.93 Multi-User eBook List Price ...39.93

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Full color • Library bound Trim Size: 7 x 9 • 64 pages Grade Level: 7-12

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Animal Testing: Attacking a Controversial Problem................. -3873-8 -7910-6 Battling Wildlife Poachers: The Fight to Save Elephants, Rhinos, Lions, Tigers, and More........................................ -3874-5 -7911-3 Dogs and Cats: Saving Our Precious Pets.............................. -3875-2 -7912-0 Pollination Problems: The Battle to Save Bees and Other Vital Animals..................................................................... -3876-9 -7913-7 Rescuing Primates: Apes, Gorillas, Chimps, and Monkeys...... -3877-6 -7914-4 Saving Marine Mammals: Whales, Dolphins, Seals, and More................................................................ -3878-3 -7915-1 Saving Ocean Animals: Sharks, Turtles, Coral, and Fish......... -3879-0 -7916-8 Saving the Rainforests: Inside the World’s Most Diverse Habitat..................................................................... -3880-6 -7917-5

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