Poached: Inside the Dark World of Wildlife Trafficking
By: Rachel Love Nuwer
4.20
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
An intrepid investigation of the criminal world of wildlife trafficking--the poachers, the traders,…
Want to Read $ 17.99"He will catch anything he can get his snares and traps around, he began, including cobras, monitor lizards, pythons, turtles, otters, civets (small carnivores), fishing cats, and more. He's not a huge fan of monkeys - they creep him out with their humanoid little faces, he said - but he'll catch them, too. Above all else, though, he prides himself on his skill at trapping pangolins, one of the most elusive but lucrative creatures in the forest."-Rachel Love Nuwer, Poached: Inside the Dark World of Wildlife Trafficking
"He will catch anything he can get his snares and traps around, he began, including cobras, monitor lizards, pythons, turtles, otters, civets (small carnivores), fishing cats, and more. He's not a huge fan of monkeys - they creep him out with their humanoid little faces, he said - but he'll catch them, too. Above all else, though, he prides himself on his skill at trapping pangolins, one of the most elusive but lucrative creatures in the forest."-Rachel Love Nuwer, Poached: Inside the Dark World of Wildlife Trafficking
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4.16
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2. Skeletons on the Zahara: A True Story of Survival
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3. Cannibalism: A Perfectly Natural History
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4.39
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3.80
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18. Poached: Inside the Dark World of Wildlife Trafficking
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4.20
Format: 384 pages, Hardcover
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