Secrets of the savanna : twenty-three years in the African wilderness unraveling the mysteries of elephants and people
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Owens, Delia, author.
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Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2006.
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xxiii, 230 pages, [8] pages of plates : color illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
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Haltom City Public Library - Nonfiction
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Published
Boston : Houghton Mifflin, 2006.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-214) and index.
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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.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Owens, M., & Owens, D. (2006). Secrets of the savanna: twenty-three years in the African wilderness unraveling the mysteries of elephants and people . Houghton Mifflin.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Owens, Mark, 1944- and Delia, Owens. 2006. Secrets of the Savanna: Twenty-three Years in the African Wilderness Unraveling the Mysteries of Elephants and People. Houghton Mifflin.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Owens, Mark, 1944- and Delia, Owens. Secrets of the Savanna: Twenty-three Years in the African Wilderness Unraveling the Mysteries of Elephants and People Houghton Mifflin, 2006.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Owens, Mark, and Delia Owens. Secrets of the Savanna: Twenty-three Years in the African Wilderness Unraveling the Mysteries of Elephants and People Houghton Mifflin, 2006.

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