Etosha

by Daryl Balfour (Author), SharnaBalfour (Author)

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  Hardcover
  1992

  $12.06

  The Etosha Park is one of Africa's game sanctuaries. Covering an area of 22,270 square kilometers in the northern territory of the newly independent Namibia, this semi-arid wilderness is renowned not only for its beauty but for the staggering diversity of plant, bird and animal life which it supports. The pan itself, 130 x 72 kilometers in extent, is a unique physical feature and the vast numbers of animals that depend on it make it sensational.;The contrasts of this area are governed by its seasons: desicating heat followed by a wet season of lushness and abundance. The life and death dramas resulting from the climate present fantastic photographic opportunities and the Balfours have taken advantage of these, delivering an evocation of this harsh and surreal paradise.;The supporting text also deals with broader environmental matters. Etosha's conservators have initiated several unique and remarkable policies, including black rhino relocation, dehorning of rhinos, placing lions on birth-control pills and the fencing off of predator-free zones. There have been a fair number of errors which have led to mammal population collapses on the one hand and explosions on the other. The autho