He wrote 41 books, including the Corfu trilogy and A Zoo in My Luggage, books of practical inspiration such as The Amateur Naturalist, co-authored with Lee Durrell, and the factual The Stationary Ark, which explained the development of the Jersey Zoo and the Durrell Wildlife Conservation Trust. If you touch one thread, you send shudders running through all the other threads. ‘The world is as complicated as a spider’s web.
Whereas many early conservation campaigners focused on large mammals facing extinction, Durrell saw as much value in working to save the volcano rabbit and the aye-aye. My Family and Other Animals is the bewitching account of a rare and magical childhood on the island of Corfu by treasured British conservationist Gerald Durrell. Now a major TV Series Ten-year-old Gerald doesnt know why his older brothers and sisters complain so much. His family settled on Corfu when Durrell was a boy and he spent his time studying its wildlife. He was also the creator and founder of the Durrell Wildlife Park located on the. His belief that every animal was important led him to establish Jersey Zoo to save endangered species of mammals, birds and reptiles in 1959, at a time when most zoos saw their role as merely displaying exotic beasts. My Family & Other Animals Gerald Durrell. Gerald Durrell was born in India in 1925. Gerald Durrell was an English author, environmentalist and zoologist. ‘A sparrow can be as interesting as a bird of paradise, the behaviour of a mouse as interesting as that of a tiger,’ Gerald Durrell (1925–95) once explained. Statue of Gerald Durrell Founder of Jersey Zoo Channel Islands Durrell rather ascribes almost a sentience, not only towards the ‘other animals’ which this book is largely about, but to the very mountains, vegetation, winds, waves, sunlight and rain. Country Life's Top 100 architects, builders, designers and gardeners.
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