{"product_id":"9781431422180","title":"African Wild Dogs: On the Front Line","description":"\u003cbr\u003e450 is optimistically the number of free-ranging African wild dogs left in South Africa. The immediate future of this dynamic, endangered, large carnivore is in the hands of a thinly spread, intensely committed network of conservationists, donors, state reserves and progressive landowners. When an opportunity to study wild dogs through the Endangered Wildlife Trust presented itself to Brendan Whittington-Jones in 2007, he arrived in Hluhluwe-iMfolozi Park naïve to the challenges of real wildlife conservation. The next seven years were a flood of lessons in the complexity and fascination of wild dog management, anger management, diplomacy, optimism, as well as being a wild dog travel agent. This book lifts the gloss and illusion off a wedge of carnivore conservation, and reveals a snapshot of characters (human and canid) and organizations that tread the murky waters of trying to ensure the species’ persistence in South Africa.\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Jacana Media","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47141781471472,"sku":"9781431422180","price":10.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781431422180_p0.jpg?v=1763751214","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781431422180","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}