{"product_id":"ivory-horn-and-blood-behind-the-elephant-and-rhinoceros-poaching-crisis-9781770852273","title":"Ivory, Horn and Blood: Behind the Elephant and Rhinoceros Poaching Crisis","description":"\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eMeticulous research, chilling facts.... an important and much needed book. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e -- Dr. Jane Goodall, DBE, Founder, The Jane Goodall Institute \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eIf it is understanding you seek, turn these pages. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e -- Virginia McKenna, OBE, Founder, The Born Free Foundation \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eIf you care about elephants and rhinos, and the poaching onslaught that threatens their extinction in the wild, this is the book for you. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e -- Ian Redmond, OBE, Ambassador, UN Great Apes Survival Program \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e \u003ci\u003eAs 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. Over sixty percent of Africa's Forest Elephants have been killed by poachers since the turn of the century. Rhinoceroses are being slaughtered throughout their ranges. The Vietnamese One-horned Rhinoceros and the Western Black rhino have become extinct in the last decade, and the Northern White Rhinoceros, the largest of them all, barely survives in captivity.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e This alarming book tells a crime story that takes place thousands of miles away, in countries that few of us may visit. But like the trade in illegal drugs, the traffic in elephant ivory and rhinoceros horn has far-reaching implications not only for these endangered animals, but also for the human victims of a world-wide surge in organized crime, corruption and violence. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e Since the worldwide ban on commercial ivory trade was passed in 1989, after a decade that saw half of Africa's elephants slaughtered by poachers, Ronald Orenstein has been at the heart of the fight. Today a new ivory crisis has arisen, fuelled by internal wars in Africa and a growing market in the Far East. Seizures of smuggled ivory have shot up in the past few years. Bands of militia have crossed from one side of Africa to the other, slaughtering elephants with automatic weapons. A market surge in Vietnam and elsewhere has led to a growing criminal onslaught against the world's rhinoceroses. The situation, for both elephants and rhinos, is dire. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Firefly Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 07\/25\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781770852273\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 216\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReview Citations: \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 09\/30\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eQuill \u0026amp; Quire\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/01\/2013 pg. 33\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 11\/15\/2013 pg. 110\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBooklist\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/01\/2013 pg. 7\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 06\/01\/2014\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Ronald Orenstein","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42925159317685,"sku":"9781770852273","price":25.46,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/products\/img_75fac57b-cc76-4029-91bf-0ff2d5124b72.jpg?v=1687846767","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/ivory-horn-and-blood-behind-the-elephant-and-rhinoceros-poaching-crisis-9781770852273","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}