num_pages: 240
description: Ninety percent of the worlds megafauna - its larger creatures - has disappeared since humans migrated from Africa and fanned out across Eurasia and the rest of the world. A picture is emerging of what happened when humankind migrated into previously uninhabited territories. Within a very short time the megafauna - mammoths, mastodons, woolly rhinoceros as well as the huge carnivores that preyed upon them - were extinct. The human tide triggered extinctions and massive habitat destruction across every continent and island - with one exception: Africa. This book describes the history and extent of human impact on the world's wildlife (marine included) and the roles played by hunters, past and present, good and bad. In particular it examines the status of wildlife in Africa, the world's last great megafaunal sanctuary. Taking a positive view, this book suggests that Africa's wildlife, having reached its lowest ebb, is about to witness a turning of the tide.
language: English
title: Overkill: The Race to Save Africa’s Wildlife
publisher: Penguin Random House South Africa