Research Catalog

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Description

1. xi, 332 p., [16] p. of plates : col. ill.; 23 cm.

Summary

1. "On the black markets of Southeast Asia, rhino horn is worth more than gold, cocaine and heroin. This is the chilling story of a two-year-long investigation into a dangerous criminal underworld and the merciless syndicates that will stop at nothing to obtain their prize. It is a tale of greed, folly and corruption, and of an increasingly desperate battle to save the rhino--which has survived for more than fifty million years--from extinction."--P. [4] of cover.

Subject

1. Rhinoceros horn industry > Corrupt practices > South Africa
2. Rhinoceroses > Economic aspects > South Africa
3. Rhinoceros products industry > Southeast Asia
4. Wildlife smuggling
5. Wild animal trade
6. Wildlife conservation > Political aspects
7. Endangered species

Contents

1. Crooks' corner -- The wiseguy -- Apartheid's secret -- Operation lock -- The superspy -- The hunters -- The 'Boeremafia' -- Johnny the Rat -- The killing -- Juju and the 'poacher' -- Poacher's moon -- Hard knocks -- The embassy -- Shopping for rhino horn in Hanoi -- The kingpin.

Call number

1. JBE 13-760

Bibliography (note)

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-324) and index.

Author

1. Rademeyer, Julian.

Title

1. Killing for profit : exposing the illegal rhino horn trade / Julian Rademeyer.

Imprint

1. Cape Town : Zebra Press, 2012.

Bibliography

1. Includes bibliographical references (p. 313-324) and index.

ISBN

1. 9781770223349 (pbk.)
2. 1770223347 (pbk.)
3. 9781770223356 (epub.)
4. 1770223355 (epub.)
5. 9781770223363 (PDF)
6. 1770223363 (PDF)

Research call number

1. JBE 13-760