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Author Orenstein, Ronald I. (Ronald Isaac), 1946-

Title Ivory, horn and blood : behind the elephant and rhinoceros poaching crisis / Ronald Orenstein.

Publication Info. Richmond Hill, Ontario ; Buffalo, New York : Firefly Books, 2013.
©2013

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 Bristol, Main Library - Non Fiction  333.95 OR3    Check Shelf
 Canton Public Library - Adult Department  333.9596 ORENSTEIN    Check Shelf
 Farmington, Main Library - Adult Department  333.954 ORE    Check Shelf
 Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction  333.95 ORENSTEIN    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Non Fiction  333.95 OR3    Check Shelf
 Portland Public Library - Adult Department  333.95 ORE    Check Shelf
 West Hartford, Noah Webster Library - Non Fiction  333.9596 ORENSTEIN    Check Shelf
Description 216 pages, 24 un-numbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages [194]-211) and index.
Contents 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.
Summary Describes the illegal trafficking of elephant ivory and rhinoceros horns and the implications for these endangered animals.
Subject Poaching.
Ivory industry -- Corrupt practices.
Rhinoceros horn industry -- Corrupt practices.
African elephant -- Effect of poaching on.
Asiatic elephant -- Effect of poaching on.
Rhinoceroses -- Effect of poaching on.
African elephant -- Conservation -- Africa.
Rhinoceroses -- Conservation -- Africa.
Wildlife conservation -- Africa.
ISBN 9781770852273
1770852271
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