Killing for profit
Subtitle: exposing the illegal rhino horn trade
By: Julian Rademeyer
Publisher: Zebra Press
Published: 2012
Place of publication: Cape Town
Language: eng
Number of pages: 332
ISBN-13: 9781770223349; 9781770223356; 9781770223363
Subjects: Rhinoceros products industry; Wildlife conservation; Corrupt practices; Wild animal trade; Wildlife smuggling; Rhinoceros horn industry; Endangered species; Political aspects; Rhinoceroses
Description: "On the black markets of Southeast Asia, rhino horn is worth more than gold, cocaine and heroin. This is the chilling story of a two-year-long investigation into a dangerous criminal underworld and the merciless syndicates that will stop at nothing to obtain their prize. It is a tale of greed, folly and corruption, and of an increasingly desperate battle to save the rhino--which has survived for more than fifty million years--from extinction."--Page 4 of cover.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-324) and index.
Table of contents: title: Crooks' corner; title: The wiseguy; title: Apartheid's secret; title: Operation lock; title: The superspy; title: The hunters; title: The 'Boeremafia'; title: Johnny the Rat; title: The killing; title: Juju and the 'poacher'; title: Poacher's moon; title: Hard knocks; title: The embassy; title: Shopping for rhino horn in Hanoi; title: The kingpin.