Includes bibliographical references (pages [194]-211) and index.
Contents
Foreword / by Iain Douglas-Hamilton -- Introduction -- Part one. What happened? The living elephants ; The living rhinoceroses ; Ivory and luxury ; Not an aphrodisiac ; What makes poachers poach? ; CITES and the first ivory crisis ; the ivory ban ; Rhinos under fire -- Part two. What went wrong? Re-opening the trade ; New markets for horn ; Behind the surge ; Rhinos and prostitutes ; War on elephants ; The last rhinos ; Corruption, theft and organized crime ; -- Part Three. What can be done? Coming to grips with poaching ; Should trade be legalized? ; Dealing with demand ; The future.
