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Forbidden Creatures: Inside the World of Animal Smuggling and Exotic Pets
Forbidden Creatures Inside the World of Animal Smuggling and Exotic Pets
Author: Peter Laufer
What is being smuggled, from where and how—and why — do so many people keep illicit, dangerous pets?  *** On the heels of his acclaimed The Dangerous World of Butterflies, investigative journalist Peter Laufer is back to chronicle his worldwide quest to penetrate the underworld of international animal smuggling. In Forbid...  more », Laufer exposes the network of hunters, traders, breeders, and customers who constitute this nefarious business—which, estimated at $10 to $20 billion annually, competes with illegal drug and weapons trafficking in the money it earns criminals.             Laufer asks: What is being smuggled, from where and why? What is being done to stop the illegal trading and irresponsible breeding? Taking readers to exotic and often lawless locales, Laufer introduces brazen and dangerous traders and wealthy customers whose greed and mindless self-interest perpetuate what is now a crisis of survival for a growing number of wild species.             Woven throughout with riveting stories from law enforcement officials and federal prosecutors, Forbidden Creatures is a compelling, first-person narrative written in Laufer?s hallmark conversational, entertaining style.
ISBN-13: 9781599219264
ISBN-10: 1599219263
Publication Date: 6/1/2010
Pages: 272
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Publisher: Lyons Press
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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