Dreaming in Turtle : a journey through the passion, profit, and peril of our most coveted prehistoric creatures
by Laufer, Peter, 1950- (Author)
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Summary
"Traces the ongoing challenges to endangered turtle populations, evaluating the global trade practices, limited supply, and increasing demand in high-population world regions that have compromised conservation efforts." -- Full description
Table of Contents:
- Prologue: Operating instructions for the journalist
- The majestic turtle
- The timeless allure
- The voracious consumers
- The tawdry marketplaces
- The prodigious farms
- The illicit hunts
- The wiley smugglers
- The frustrated cops
- The pitiful casualties
- The conflicted public and the dedicated conservationists
- The imminent future
- Epilogue: A call to action.