
Ebook: Dreaming in turtle: a journey through the passion, profit, and peril of our most coveted prehistoric creatures
Author: Laufer Peter
- Tags: HISTORY--Social History, NATURE--Animals--Reptiles & Amphibians, Turtles, Turtles--Conservation--Social aspects, Turtles--Effect of human beings on, Turtles -- Effect of human beings on, Turtles -- Conservation -- Social aspects, HISTORY -- Social History, NATURE -- Animals -- Reptiles & Amphibians
- Year: 2018
- Publisher: St. Martin's Press
- City: New York
- Edition: First edition
- Language: English
- epub
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.;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 wily smugglers -- The frustrated cops -- The pitiful casualties -- The conflicted public & the dedicated conservationists -- The imminent future -- Epilogue a call to action.
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