Africa's Threatened Rhinos
A History of Exploitation and Conservation
$58.67
- Paperback
354 pages
- Release Date
11 August 2026
Summary
Africa’s surviving rhinos are under serious threat. Poaching for their horns, massive extermination by ‘sports’ hunters in the nineteenth and first half of the twentieth century, and progressive habitat loss have all driven black and white rhino close to the edge. This book considers human interactions with these magnificent and enigmatic animals – charting hunting for food and hides, and then hunting for horn to meet external demand for this much-coveted commodity, as well as peaceful coexis…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781784276485 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1784276480 |
| Author: | Keith Somerville |
| Publisher: | Pelagic Publishing |
| Imprint: | Pelagic Publishing |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 354 |
| Release Date: | 11 August 2026 |
| Dimensions: | 216mm x 140mm |
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– Steve Donoghue * Open Letters Review *Africa’s Threatened Rhinos is a sweeping and fascinating history of the continent’s rhinos and a clarion call for a rethink of failed wildlife trade policies.
– Ed Stoddard * Daily Maverick *…this is a tour de force, a book of solid, well-researched conservation history, by a man who has read the literature, been in the field, and spoke to the right people. Anyone wanting all the facts on humanity’s exploitative relationship with these two magnificent African animals, and their descent towards extinction, will not find a better documentation and assimilation of the information than in here. – Stephen Spawls * Journal of East African Natural History *
About The Author
Keith Somerville
Professor Keith Somerville was a writer and researcher on human–wildlife coexistence and conflict, notably in Africa. A former BBC World Service journalist, he taught at the University of Kent, was a member of the Durrell Institute of Conservation and Ecology, a Fellow of the Zoological Society of London and a Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Commonwealth Studies, University of London. In 2016 he was awarded the Marjan-Marsh Award by the Marjan Centre for the Study of War and the Non-Human Sphere and the Marsh Trust. This award, for his book Ivory: Power and Poaching in Africa, is given annually to someone who has made an invaluable contribution to an area where conflict and conservation intersect. Jackals, Golden Wolves and Honey Badgers was published in November 2022.
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