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    Poached: Inside the Dark World of Wildlife Trafficking
    Poached: Inside the Dark World of Wildlife Trafficking
    Poached: Inside the Dark World of Wildlife Trafficking
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    Poached: Inside the Dark World of Wildlife Trafficking

    Written by Rachel Love Nuwer

    Narrated by Christina Delaine

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    Our insatiable demand for animals-for jewelry, pets, medicine, meat, trophies, and fur-is driving a worldwide poaching epidemic, threatening the continued existence of countless species. Illegal wildlife trade now ranks among the largest contraband industries in the world, yet compared to drug, arms, or human trafficking, the wildlife crisis has received scant attention and support, leaving it up to passionate individuals fighting on the ground to try to ensure that elephants, tigers, rhinos, and more are still around for future generations.

    As Reefer Madness (Schlosser) took us into the drug market, or Susan Orlean descended into the swampy obsessions of The Orchid Thief, Nuwer-an award-winning science journalist with a background in ecology-takes listeners on a narrative journey to the front lines of the trade: to killing fields in Africa, traditional medicine black markets in China, and wild meat restaurants in Vietnam. Through exhaustive first-hand reporting that took her to ten countries, Nuwer explores the forces currently driving demand for animals and their parts; the toll that demand is extracting on species across the planet; and the conservationists, rangers, and activists who believe it is not too late to stop the impending extinctions.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherHighbridge Company
    Release dateSep 25, 2018
    ISBN9781684415397
    Author

    Rachel Love Nuwer

    Rachel Love Nuwer is an award-winning science journalist who regularly contributes to The New York Times, National Geographic, BBC Future, and Scientific American, among others. She lives in New York.

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      Poached is a very detailed look into the world of poaching. Rachel Love Nuwer travels to parts of the world where poaching is most dominant and gets an inside look at it through research and interviews. It's informative and eye-opening.