Introduction
The animals : elephants, rhinos and people
CITES and the CBD
Sustainable use : golden thread or fool's gold?
Elephant ivory and rhino horn
The products, their retail outlets, their sellers and their buyers
Poaching and its consequences
The survivors
Smugglers and smuggling routes
The one-off sales of elephant ivory and their aftermath
The confusing nature of ivory markets
Researchers and their methodology
Markets in Africa
Markets in Southeast Asia
Markets in the USA
Markets in the UK
The history of rhinoceros listing on CITES
The illegal trade in rhino horn
In which we meet our first organized crime gang and the law is changed
Organized crime
Rebel militia and 'blood ivery'
The Internet
Religious ivory
Bribery and corruption
The enforcers
Seizures and arrests
Evidence
Prosecutions
Technology to the rescue
The London Conference and what followed
CoP16
Updates to some countries
Rhino trophy hunting in South Africa
Research
Education
The CBD re-visited
Sustainable use : contentious issues
People
Countries
Zoos, ecosystems and translocations
Last chance to save
Living together : resolutions to human-elephant conflict and other problems
Working together creates people power
Survival or extinction?
Further reading
Index.