Book Review
TIME.com’s Wildlife Forensics Slide
Snippet from Q&A article: Most forensics labs are busy trying to solve human crimes; they don’t have time to find out who killed a walrus. TIME talked to Dr. Laurel Neme about her book, Animal Investigators, in which she explains the difficulties of tracking the wildlife black market, and the one laboratory — U.S. Fish and…
Read MoreTIME.com Q&A Investigating Animal Crimes
Ever wonder where did the feathers on your fancy piece of jewelry came from? What about the ivory in your souvenir statue? The illegal wildlife trade nets about $20 million a year — less than drugs but more than weapons — and ounce-for-ounce, some animal products (such as rhino horn and bear gall bladders) are…
Read MoreShelburne author to videotape C-SPAN interview April 16
Shelburne author to videotape C-SPAN interview April 16 by Margery Sharp Shelburne author Laurel Neme will be taping a television interview for C-Span on Tuesday, April 16, at 7p.m. at Shelburne’s Flying Pig Bookstore. The public is invited to attend and listen to Neme as she discusses her book, “Animal Investigators: How the World’s First…
Read MoreBook Review by MyEcoProject.org
Book explores how the world’s first wildlife forensics lab is solving crimes and saving endangered species April 13, 2009 by MCT A new book explores how the world’s first wildlife forensics lab is solving crimes and saving endangered species. Not long ago, illegal wildlife smugglers could pretty much get away with murder. From selling polar…
Read MoreBurlington Free Press, Friday April 10, 2009
By Sarah Long, Free Press Staff Writer In researching “Animal Investigators,” author Laurel Neme combed through more than 80 case files and spent time with the agents at the laboratory to find a cross-section of cases that showcase different aspects of the lab — and also tell a fascinating story. The first case is of…
Read MorePublisher’s Weekly Book Review
Animal Investigators: How the World’s First Wildlife Forensics Lab Is Solving Crimes and Saving Endangered Species Laurel A. Neme. Scribner, $25 (256p) ISBN 9781416550563 Few people realize that animal parts trafficking represents a large threat to the global ecosystem; writer and natural resource management expert Neme is one of them. Trading in rare goods highly…
Read MoreJorge Pontes
I am so touched by your words about my work. Thanks for the recognition. Your book made my years of devotion worthy. I am impressed with the high level research you did. Congratulations for this outstanding piece of work. I hope thousands of people access your book. Persons like you will surely help saving our…
Read MoreTerry Grosz
Animal Investigators is not bad….it is outstanding!! My only complaint is that once I picked it up, I couldn’t put it down. Terry Grosz, former FWS Special Agent and author of Wildlife Wars
Read MoreJohn M. Sellar
I attended a major international workshop in Thailand last weekend, which brought together experts to consider wildlife crime in Asia. I took Laurel’s book with me and read it in the evenings. The workshop participants acknowledged that several areas of wildlife crime are driven by organized and sophisticated criminal groups. In the meantime, Laurel’s account…
Read MoreGeorge Schaller
Animal Investigators is an excellent book, timely, well-written, and fascinating. And it gives important credit to the USFWS Forensic Lab which has in recent years done outstanding and critical work, as the cases in the book illustrate. I have been a little involved in the shahtoosh wool problem — the wool of Tibetan antelope —…
Read MoreOregon Public Broadcasting
Oregon Public Broadcasting, Morning Edition (radio interview). Air date TBD. – http://www.opb.org/radio/
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