If you are an animal lover and concerned about global warming and industrialization and how they affect the animal kingdom, read Vanishing Treasures. Katherine Rundell describes 22 creatures ranging from the wombat to the seahorse to the crow and how their existence is diminishing and why. Her short chapters on each of the 22 includes folklore, facts and histories of each. Vanishing Treasures is sometimes humorous, often times serious and full of little known facts and stories. Most importantly, it is a wake up call to the human animal.