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Patent, Dorothy Hinshaw

Saving the Tasmanian Devil: How Science Is Helping the World's Largest Marsupial Carnivore Survive

79 pp. | Houghton | August, 2019 | Trade ISBN 978-0-544-99148-4 $18.99
(2) 4-6 Patent chronicles the Australian and Tasmanian governments' attempts to save Tasmanian devils from a fast-spreading, almost one-hundred-percent fatal disease propelling the species toward rapid extinction. After outlining the causes of the disease (with clear diagrams and photographs of chromosome abnormalities) and the scientific research, Patent takes readers to several devil sanctuaries, nature preserves, and labs to observe the progress being made in both reintroduction programs and vaccines, carefully explaining their methodologies. Reading list, websites. Glos., ind.
Reviewer: Betty Carter | Horn Book Magazine Issue: November, 2019

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