Dreaming in Turtle : A Journey Through the Passion, Profit, and Peril of Our Most Coveted Prehistoric Creatures /
Laufer, Peter, 1950-
Dreaming in Turtle : A Journey Through the Passion, Profit, and Peril of Our Most Coveted Prehistoric Creatures / Peter Laufer ; foreword by Richard Branson. - First edition. - xi, 290 pages ; 25 cm
"November 2018"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-277) and index.
Prologue: Operating instructions for the journalist -- The majestic turtle -- The timeless allure -- The voracious consumers -- The tawdry marketplaces -- The prodigious farms -- The illicit hunts -- The wiley smugglers -- The frustrated cops -- The pitiful casualties -- The conflicted public and the dedicated conservationists -- The imminent future -- Epilogue: A call to action.
"Traces the ongoing challenges to endangered turtle populations, evaluating the global trade practices, limited supply, and increasing demand in high-population world regions that have compromised conservation efforts." --
Text in English.
9781250128096 1250128099
2018026430
Turtles--Effect of human beings on.
Turtles--Conservation--Social aspects.
Dreaming in Turtle : A Journey Through the Passion, Profit, and Peril of Our Most Coveted Prehistoric Creatures / Peter Laufer ; foreword by Richard Branson. - First edition. - xi, 290 pages ; 25 cm
"November 2018"--Title page verso.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 269-277) and index.
Prologue: Operating instructions for the journalist -- The majestic turtle -- The timeless allure -- The voracious consumers -- The tawdry marketplaces -- The prodigious farms -- The illicit hunts -- The wiley smugglers -- The frustrated cops -- The pitiful casualties -- The conflicted public and the dedicated conservationists -- The imminent future -- Epilogue: A call to action.
"Traces the ongoing challenges to endangered turtle populations, evaluating the global trade practices, limited supply, and increasing demand in high-population world regions that have compromised conservation efforts." --
Text in English.
9781250128096 1250128099
2018026430
Turtles--Effect of human beings on.
Turtles--Conservation--Social aspects.