Books by David L. Western

About the Authors
David Western, Ph.D., is a Kenyan ecologist and conservationist best known for his pioneering efforts to balance the interests of people and wildlife in Amboseli National Park. He presently is Director of Wildlife Conservation International (a division of the New York Zoological Society), and directs many programs on behalf of the Wildlife Clubs of Kenya and international agencies trying to conserve elephants and rhinos.
As Assistant Director of Wildlife Conservation International, Mary Pearl, Ph.D., oversees research and conservation projects in some thirty countries around the world. Her background is in primatology, and her writing has focused on the social organization and behavior of Asian monkeys in addition to general conservation topics. Most recently, she designed a study of the endangered golden monkey for the Chinese government.