Waiting on Wednesday: Back from the Brink: saving animals from extinction by Nancy Castaldo

Back from the Brink: saving animals from extinction by Nancy Castaldo. 176 p. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, April 24, 2018. 9780544953437.

Publisher synopsis: How could capturing the last wild California condors help save them? Why are some states planning to cull populations of the gray wolf, despite this species only recently making it off the endangered list? How did a decision made during the Civil War to use alligator skin for cheap boots nearly drive the animal to extinction?
Back from the Brink answers these questions and more as it delves into the threats to seven species, and the scientific and political efforts to coax them back from the brink of extinction. This rich, informational look at the problem of extinction has a hopeful tone: all of these animals' numbers are now on the rise. 

Love that cover. Plus, I really enjoyed the author's Sniffer Dogs.