Joseph T. Collins

The variety will surprise you. Because of its central location, Kansas is a meeting ground for North American animals. Six hundred ten species of land animals--birds, mammals, reptiles, and amphibians--live in or pass through Kansas.

This is an excellent book. It is a compilation of papers covering a wide variety of topics related to captive management and conservation. Although somewhat technical in nature, the papers are nonetheless easy to read. Scientific and very well written. it was published in 1994 so some information about study populations may be out of date. Still, this is a valuable book for anyone interested in conservation.