The Last Tasmanian Tiger

Klappentext This insightful examination of the history and extinction of one of Australia's most enduring folkloric beasts--the thylacine! (or Tasmanian tiger)-- challenges conventional theories. It argues that rural politicians! ineffective political action by scientists! and a deeper intellectual prejudice about the inferiority of marsupials actually resulted in the extinction of this once proud species. Hb ISBN (2000):0-521-78219-8 Zusammenfassung This insightful book is the most complete examination of the history and extinction of one of Australia's most enduring folkloric beasts - the thylacine! otherwise affectionately known as the Tasmanian tiger. It challenges conventional theories explaining the behaviour and eventual extinction of the Tasmanian tiger. Inhaltsverzeichnis 1. Introduction: science and the species from a European perspective; 2. Constructing objectivity: changing scientific perceptions of the thylacine; 3. Of signal importance: select social and predatory behaviours; 4. A predatory entertainment: stimuli of consuming interest; 5. Ovisceral exploitation: extracts of sheepish behaviour; 6. Mythology becomes misology: the dogmatism of unenlightenment; 7. Faunal fun and games: the politics of protection; 8. The last Tasmanian tiger: indifference and the demise of the species; 9. Post-extinction blues: contingency and responsibility in extinction; 10. Conclusion: the lessons to be learnt.

Zusammenfassung
This insightful book is the most complete examination of the history and extinction of one of Australia's most enduring folkloric beasts - the thylacine, otherwise affectionately known as the Tasmanian tiger. It challenges conventional theories explaining the behaviour and eventual extinction of the Tasmanian tiger.

Inhalt
1. Introduction: science and the species from a European perspective; 2. Constructing objectivity: changing scientific perceptions of the thylacine; 3. Of signal importance: select social and predatory behaviours; 4. A predatory entertainment: stimuli of consuming interest; 5. Ovisceral exploitation: extracts of sheepish behaviour; 6. Mythology becomes misology: the dogmatism of unenlightenment; 7. Faunal fun and games: the politics of protection; 8. The last Tasmanian tiger: indifference and the demise of the species; 9. Post-extinction blues: contingency and responsibility in extinction; 10. Conclusion: the lessons to be learnt.

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