Ivory, Horn and Blood
Behind the Elephant and Rhinoceros Poaching Crisis
$44.56
- Hardcover
192 pages
- Release Date
1 October 2013
Summary
As recently as ten years ago, out of every ten African elephants that died, four fell at the hands of poachers. The figure today is eight. Rhinoceroses are being slaughtered throughout their ranges. The Vietnamese one-horned rhinoceros is extinct, the western black rhino is now believed to be extinct, and the northern white rhinoceros, the largest of them all, survives - only precariously - in captivity. This alarming book tells a crime story that takes place thousands of miles away, in cou…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781770852273 |
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| ISBN-10: | 1770852271 |
| Author: | Ronald Orenstein, Iain Douglas-Hamilton |
| Publisher: | Firefly Books Ltd |
| Imprint: | Firefly Books Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 192 |
| Release Date: | 1 October 2013 |
| Weight: | 454g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
‘Meticulous research, chilling facts… an important and much needed book’ Dr Jane Goodall, DBE, Founder of The Jane Goodhall Institute.
About The Author
Ronald Orenstein
Ronald Orenstein is a zoologist, lawyer and wildlife conservationist who has written extensively on a wide range of natural history issues. His most recent book is Turtles, Tortoises and Terrapins. He is a member of the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN). Dr. Iain Douglas-Hamilton is one of the world’s foremost authorities on the African elephant. He pioneered the first in-depth scientific study of elephant social behavior in Tanzania’s Lake Manyara National Park at age 23. He founded Save the Elephants in 1993 and was awarded the illustrious Order of the British Empire (OBE).
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