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Summary
Nuwer explores the forces currently driving demand for animals and their parts; the toll that demand is extracting on species across the planet; and the conservationists, rangers, and activists who believe it is not too late to stop the impending extinctions. Full description
Table of Contents:
- Part I. Drivers of demand. The hunter ; Her sister's pangolin scale guy ; Rhino horn in the cookie tin ; The holy grail of herpetology ; White gold
- Part II. Inside the trade. The $50,000,000 bonfire ; The CITES circus ; Of prostitutes, poachers, and politicans ; The front line
- Part III. The saving game. A park reborn ; If rhinos could choose ; My tiger wine is corked ; Rising moon bears ; Order ahead for pangolin.