Research Catalog

Title

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

Author

Rademeyer, Julian.

Publication

Cape Town : Zebra Press, 2012.

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Details

Description

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

Summary

"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

• Rhinoceros horn industry > Corrupt practices > South Africa
• Rhinoceroses > Economic aspects > South Africa
• Rhinoceros products industry > Southeast Asia
• Wildlife smuggling
• Wild animal trade
• Wildlife conservation > Political aspects
• Endangered species

Bibliography (note)

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

Contents

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

JBE 13-760

ISBN

• 9781770223349 (pbk.)
• 1770223347 (pbk.)
• 9781770223356 (epub.) (canceled/invalid)
• 1770223355 (epub.) (canceled/invalid)
• 9781770223363 (PDF) (canceled/invalid)
• 1770223363 (PDF) (canceled/invalid)

OCLC

817565102

Author

Rademeyer, Julian.

Title

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

Imprint

Cape Town : Zebra Press, 2012.

Bibliography

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

Research Call Number

JBE 13-760