Nature's keepers
Subtitle: on the front lines of the fight to save wildlife in America
By: Michael Tobias.
Publisher: John Wiley
Published: 1998
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 238
Subjects: Undercover wildlife agents -- United States.; Game wardens -- United States.; Poaching -- United States -- Prevention.; Wild animal trade -- United States.; Wildlife conservation -- United States.; Endangered species -- United States.
Description: In this eloquent and moving work, acclaimed nature writer Michael Tobias examines the endangered status of many wild plants and animals, exposes illegal killing by "trophy hunters" in national parks, and shines a spotlight on a worldwide epidemic of poaching and illegal trade in animals and animal parts that threatens many species with extinction.

Nature's Keepers highlights some of the thorniest problems involved in the fight to preserve and protect what's left of the wild animals in the United States and, by implication, throughout the world. Tobias demonstrates how energetic citizens may use democratic processes and free enterprise to stem, if not halt, the destruction of wild animals and awaken the "ecology of conscience" in all people, everywhere.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 205-223) and index.