Dreaming in Turtle
A Journey Through the Passion, Profit, and Peril of Our Most Coveted Prehistoric Creatures
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2018.
Format: Book
Edition: First edition.
Description: xi, 290 pages ; 25 cm
Traces the ongoing challenges to endangered turtle populations, evaluating the global trade practices, limited supply, and increasing demand in high-population world regions that have compromised conservation efforts.
Contents:
The majestic turtle -- The timeless allure -- The voracious consumers -- The tawdry marketplaces -- The prodigious farms -- The illicit hunts -- The wiley smugglers -- The frustrated cops -- The pitiful casualties -- The conflicted public and the dedicated conservationists -- The imminent future -- Epilogue: a call to action.
ISBN:
9781250128096 (hardcover)
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Call Number | Location | Shelf Location | Status |
ANIMALS Reptile Turtle Lau | Cooper (Forest Acres) | Nonfiction | In |
ANIMALS Reptile Turtle Lau | Sandhills Indoors | Nonfiction | In |
Includes bibliographical references (page 277) and index.