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Title

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

Author

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

Publication Info.	Richmond Hill, Ontario : Firefly Books, 2013.
	©2013

Location	Call No.	Status	Notes
Purdy-Kresge Library Elephant Research Foundation Library	HD 9429 .I862 O74 2013	LIB USE ONLY

Description	216 pages : colour illustrations ; 24 cm.
	text txt rdacontent
	unmediated n rdamedia
	volume nc rdacarrier
Note	"Foreword by Iain Douglas-Hamilton"--Cover.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	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 -- 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 -- What can be done? Coming to grips with poaching ; Should trade be legalized? ; Dealing with demand ; The future -- 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.
	Rhinoceroses -- Effect of poaching on.
	African elephant -- Effect of poaching on.
	Asiatic elephant -- Effect of poaching on.
Added Title	Elephant Research Foundation Library.
	Jeheskel (Hezy) Shoshani Library Endowed Collection.
Standard No.	858900092
ISBN	9781770852273
	1770852271
OCLC #	829421978

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