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

By: Publisher: Richmond Hill, Ontario ; Buffalo, New York : Firefly Books, [2013]Copyright date: ©2013Description: 216 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text
  • still image
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781770852273
  • 1770852271
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 333.95/9668 23
LOC classification:
  • SK36.7 .O74 2013
  • HD9429.I862 O74 2013
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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Shelving location Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode
Book Book NMC Library Stacks SK36.7 .O74 2013 1 Available 33039001335875

Includes bibliographical references (pages [194]-211) and index.

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.

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