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Can I read Poached : Inside the Dark World of Wildlife Trafficking on EtoBox?
Poached : Inside the Dark World of Wildlife Trafficking by Rachel Love Nuwer is a science book available to read on EtoBox.
What is Poached : Inside the Dark World of Wildlife Trafficking about?
An intrepid investigation of the criminal world of wildlife trafficking—the customers, the poachers, and the traders—and of the scientists fighting extinctionAs Reefer Madness (Schlosser) took us into the drug market, or Weathermakers (Flannery) profiled the scientists heralding climate change, or Susan Orlean descended into the swampy obsessions of The Orchid Thief, Rachel Nuwer plunges the reader into the global underground of wildlife traffic, which she has been investigating for nearly a decade. A prominent science journalist with a background in ecology, she accompanies poachers on their furtive hunts, reveals the amazing forensic lab work that can now identify their sources, and sets up encounters deep in the underbelly of the trade. The rampant abuses of Chinese medicine and the links to drug trafficking and international crime cartels are gradually uncovered.On the brighter side, she celebrates the passion and bravery of...
Who reads Poached : Inside the Dark World of Wildlife Trafficking?
It is typically read by self-directed learners exploring a subject in depth.
Common subject areas: history, science, philosophy, social sciences.
- Author
- Rachel Love Nuwer
- Publisher
- Da Capo Press, Incorporated
- Published
- 2018
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781925548761
- Category
- science
- Subjects
- Nature, History, True Crime
- Rating
- 4.7 / 5 (173 ratings)
- Updated
- 2026-03-14