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Call of the wild: African safari a mix of intrigue, adventure and survival
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 1999) Rolston, Holmes, 1932-, author; Fort Collins Coloradoan, publisher
Report on trip to Botswana, environmental conservation and biodiversity, May-June 1999. Encountering a leopard in the night and wild dogs on the hunt gives experience of the ancient struggle to eat and not be eaten. Life persists in the midst of its perpetual perishing. The Dark Continent is exuberant with life. These rare carnivores struggle to survive, endangered species that ought to be conserved.
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Nature of the beast: in Uganda, people and primates face unique struggles
(Colorado State University. Libraries, 2003) Rolston, Holmes, 1932-, author; Fort Collins Coloradoan, publisher
Report on trip to Uganda: gorilla and chimpanzee conservation and development. Uganda primate encounters leave a more lasting searching both for human origins and future hopes. Here the human species, exemplified in these Ugandans overcoming tragedy and hardship, is seeking to conserve these nearest of our primate kin. Paradoxically, in that very caring, we reveal the still quite stupendous divide that separates us from them.