Ivory, horn and blood : behind the elephant and rhinoceros poaching crisis / Ronald Orenstein.
Orenstein, Ronald I. (Ronald Isaac), 1946-
2013
SK36.7 .O74 2013 (Mapit)
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Title
Ivory, horn and blood : behind the elephant and rhinoceros poaching crisis / Ronald Orenstein.
Author
Orenstein, Ronald I. (Ronald Isaac), 1946-
ISBN
9781770852273
1770852271
Published
Richmond Hill, Ontario ; Buffalo, New York : Firefly Books, 2013.
Copyright
©2013
Language
English
Description
216 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Call Number
SK36.7 .O74 2013
Dewey Decimal Classification
333.95/9668
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Includes bibliographical references (pages [194]-211) and index.
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Foreword / by Iain Douglas-Hamilton
Introduction
Part one. What happened? The living elephants
The living rhinoceroses
Ivory and luxury
Not an aphrodisiac
What makes poachers poach?
CITES and the first ivory crisis
the ivory ban
Rhinos under fire
Part two. What went wrong? Re-opening the trade
New markets for horn
Behind the surge
Rhinos and prostitutes
War on elephants
The last rhinos
Corruption, theft and organized crime
Part three. What can be done? Coming to grips with poaching
Should trade be legalized?
Dealing with demand
The future
Postscript. The 2013 CITES meeting.

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