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Poached: Inside the Dark World of Wildlife Trafficking (2018)

door Rachel Love Nuwer

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Our insatiable demand for animals-for jewelry, pets, medicine, meat, trophies, and fur-is driving a worldwide poaching epidemic, threatening the continued existence of countless species. Illegal wildlife trade now ranks among the largest contraband industries in the world, yet compared to drug, arms, or human trafficking, the wildlife crisis has received scant attention and support, leaving it up to passionate individuals fighting on the ground to try to ensure that elephants, tigers, rhinos, and more are still around for future generations. As Reefer Madness (Schlosser) took us into the drug market, or Susan Orlean descended into the swampy obsessions of The Orchid Thief, Nuwer-an award-winning science journalist with a background in ecology-takes listeners on a narrative journey to the front lines of the trade: to killing fields in Africa, traditional medicine black markets in China, and wild meat restaurants in Vietnam. Through exhaustive first-hand reporting that took her to ten countries, Nuwer explores the forces currently driving demand for animals and their parts; the toll that demand is extracting on species across the planet; and the conservationists, rangers, and activists who believe it is not too late to stop the impending extinctions.… (meer)
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Все панды мира, даже в заграничных зоопарках принадлежат Китаю. Стоимость аренды составляет 1 млн. долларов в год. В случае рождения потомства аренда увеличивается соответственно, а через 3 года молодняк всегда отзывают в Поднебесную. Наверное, принимать присягу, но скорее всего для пополнения пула дипломатических инструментов, ибо эти симпатичные монохромные звери входят в арсенал «мягкой силы» КНР. Так, в 2010 после встречи Обамы и Далай-ламы двух детенышей, родившихся в США, немедленно вывезли в Пекин.

Но панды единственные, кому с Китаем повезло. Судьбы многих животных в руках Востока: если не дай бог они упомянуты в старинных манускриптах китайской традиционной медицины, то где бы они ни жили, рано или поздно за ними придут и сделают больно. Вьетнам и КНР самые главные адресаты исчезновения огромного числа экзотических и не очень зверей и птиц, хотя Пабло Эскобаром незаконной торговли ресурсами дикой природы является лаосец Кеосаванг.

Более 50 слонов в день сейчас убивается ради бивней, и примерно по три носорога из-за его рогов. Последних не спасает даже то, что рог, будучи во всем подобным обычным ногтям (в т.ч. с точки зрения медицинской полезности), отрастает, и в принципе носорогов можно содержать на ферме. Стоимость фунта легально добытого таким способом рога составляет 2000 долларов в ЮАР, а за 18 месяцев можно «настричь» до 130 фунтов с особи. Возобновляется и желчь в желчном пузыре медведей, которых многие в Юго-Восточной Азии содержат у себя на задних дворах и «доят». 100 ее мл стоят 120 долларов, а если требуется крупная сумма, то японцы платят до 15 000 за весь пузырь целиком (животное выживает). Браконьеры вырезают их даже у российских мишек. Самое печальное, что в медицинских целях используется лишь 20% добываемой жидкости. Остальную китайские маркетологи используют в шампунях, масках для лица и зубной пасте.

В отношении исключительно доверчивых и симпатичных панголинов проводится геноцид планетарного масштаба из-за их мяса и чешуи. В контактных зоопарках Таиланда можно поумиляться тигрятам, которых кормят свиноматки. Фокус, однако, в том, что их отлучили от матери, чтобы она быстрее была готова к новой беременности. Через три года молодых тигров отправят в рестораны Китая, где их не только едят, но и делают из них «вино». Такова текущая ситуация, о которой непременно надо знать. И при этом книга даже не касается оборота животных для цирков и зоопарков, особенно частных. ( )
  Den85 | Jan 3, 2024 |
Journalist Rachel Nuwer plunges the reader into the underground of global wildlife trafficking, a topic she has been investigating for nearly a decade. Our insatiable demand for animals -- for jewelry, pets, medicine, meat, trophies, and fur -- is driving a worldwide poaching epidemic, threatening the continued existence of countless species. Illegal wildlife trade now ranks among the largest contraband industries in the world, yet compared to drug, arms, or human trafficking, the wildlife crisis has received scant attention and support, leaving it up to passionate individuals fighting on the ground to try to ensure that elephants, tigers, rhinos, and more are still around for future generations.

As Reefer Madness (Schlosser) took us into the drug market, or Susan Orlean descended into the swampy obsessions of TheOrchid Thief, Nuwer--an award-winning science journalist with a background in ecology--takes readers on a narrative journey to the front lines of the trade: to killing fields in Africa, traditional medicine black markets in China, and wild meat restaurants in Vietnam. Through exhaustive first-hand reporting that took her to ten countries, Nuwer explores the forces currently driving demand for animals and their parts; the toll that demand is extracting on species across the planet; and the conservationists, rangers, and activists who believe it is not too late to stop the impending extinctions. More than a depressing list of statistics, Poached is the story of the people who believe this is a battle that can be won, that our animals are not beyond salvation. ( )
  rachelprice14 | Nov 14, 2022 |
I live in Australia and work in an area of Perth with many Vietnamese people. I have an affection for Vietnam and its landscapes and cultures, but I was shocked to read about the long running cultural attitudes there towards the eating of endangered wildlife in the forests of south-east Asia. South-east Asia is heading towards - or has already arrived at in many areas - Silent forest syndrome. If only more people would read this book we'd be closer to addressing these issues.
  Tom.Wilson | Jun 21, 2019 |
Poached is a difficult but necessary read, international wildlife trafficking now ranks behind only drugs, arms and human trafficking in scale on the global crime scene but receives much less attention. Nuwer doesn’t pull her punches. Primarily taking in Southern Africa, Vietnam and China Nuwer speaks to poachers, rangers, end users, conservationists and activists, policy makers and visits the farms, reserves and restaurants that play a part in this story.

Nuwer focuses on the trade in elephant ivory, rhino horn, tiger parts, bear bile and pangolin meat and scales to highlight the complex set of drivers in wildlife trafficking. Belief in traditional Asian medicines is a factor, but so is the huge rising middle class in China who buy ivory art and jewellery, a meal of pangolin or those traditional medicines as status symbols. Desperate poverty makes poaching in Asia and Africa an attractive risk, especially as local police forces have limited resources, can be bribed or have different priorities. Education will play a huge part in the battle for the survival of these and many other species. Apparently in China there’s a relatively common belief that elephants and rhinos survive de-horning procedures, illustrating an ignorance (wilful or otherwise) of the awful, destructive methods used by poachers to obtain the horn. Some countries are fighting back through tourism, having realised the value of these animals as draw cards. In some instances poachers, having honed their skills on the wrong side of the law, are now earning a livelihood by using those same skills as rangers to protect their natural heritage. Nuwer also provides a good idea of how the CITES process works and the politicking and vote trading that goes on to undermine conservation efforts in the international policy-making realm. Supply and demand plays a role here, but it’s much more complicated than that. Serious suggestions have been made to open up a limited legal trade in ivory to try and control the demand side of the equation. Opinion is divided on the likely outcomes of that suggestion.

This book is eye-opening in a number of respects, including the lengths that conservation groups and private reserve owners go to with their anti-poaching defences. There is an extensive bibliography of further reading, but for those interested in conservation and wildlife trafficking Poached is a great, if gut wrenching, place to start. ( )
  SouthernKiwi | Apr 23, 2019 |
Poached is a very detailed look into the world of poaching. Rachel Love Nuwer travels to parts of the world where poaching is most dominant and gets an inside look at it through research and interviews. It's informative and eye-opening. ( )
  Kristymk18 | Nov 14, 2018 |
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Our insatiable demand for animals-for jewelry, pets, medicine, meat, trophies, and fur-is driving a worldwide poaching epidemic, threatening the continued existence of countless species. Illegal wildlife trade now ranks among the largest contraband industries in the world, yet compared to drug, arms, or human trafficking, the wildlife crisis has received scant attention and support, leaving it up to passionate individuals fighting on the ground to try to ensure that elephants, tigers, rhinos, and more are still around for future generations. As Reefer Madness (Schlosser) took us into the drug market, or Susan Orlean descended into the swampy obsessions of The Orchid Thief, Nuwer-an award-winning science journalist with a background in ecology-takes listeners on a narrative journey to the front lines of the trade: to killing fields in Africa, traditional medicine black markets in China, and wild meat restaurants in Vietnam. Through exhaustive first-hand reporting that took her to ten countries, Nuwer explores the forces currently driving demand for animals and their parts; the toll that demand is extracting on species across the planet; and the conservationists, rangers, and activists who believe it is not too late to stop the impending extinctions.

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