Posts Tagged ‘Animal Investigators’
Animal Investigators is on CNN’s List of “Must Reads”
17+ must-reads on illegal wildlife trade By John D. Sutter, CNN updated 12:52 PM EDT, Tue March 18, 2014 A black dehorned rhinoceros is followed by a calf in South Africa in 2012. STORY HIGHLIGHTS NEW: The list grows with more suggested reading The next Change the List series will focus on wildlife trafficking Readers voted for John Sutter…
Read MoreAnimal Investigators by Laurel Neme
Animal Investigators by Laurel A. Neme Ph.D. Go behind the scenes at the world’s only forensics lab dedicated to solving crimes against animals in this gripping “CSI for wildlife.” Illegal wildlife smuggling ranks just behind drugs and human trafficking as the third largest illegal trade—and only an estimated 10 percent of its trafficking…
Read MoreReview of ANIMAL INVESTIGATORS in Uganda
I’m honored to receive such a great review for ANIMAL INVESTIGATORS in the Daily Monitor of Uganda, which is on the front lines of wildlife trafficking. I’m especially humbled because the reviewer is a Senior Warden Investigator for the Uganda Wildlife Authority!
Read MoreBid for the Barn – bid on signed copy of Animal Investigators
This is why I love living in Vermont. We all enjoy eating local produce and were devastated after hearing of the tragedy that struck one of our favorite producers — Pete’s Greens. On Wednesday morning, Pete’s barn burned down to the ground. It was a complete loss. Localvores throughout the state wanted to do something…
Read MoreWildlife Inspectors on the Front Lines
FWS Wildlife Inspectors are the unsung heroes in the fight against wildlife trafficking. You can check out more about their work in my book Animal Investigators, or a piece I helped put together for Nightline, or a recent Washington Post article.
Read MoreThe Warden’s Words
I hope you are enjoying the 25th anniversary issue of International Game Warden magazine. This magazine has seen many changes, including three publishers and editors, in its quarter century of existence, but information about game warden books has been a fixture for most of its life. Some of the early issues had full page reviews of just…
Read MoreWildlife Management Institute
Worth Reading The book previously reviewed was a really well-written exposé of the awful business of herptilenapping. The worth-reading/review book for this month deals with other wildlife abuses, ranging from poaching walruses for their ivory and bears for their gall bladders to smuggling of Native Brazilian costume and ceremonial garb festooned with parts of threatened…
Read MoreScienze – Specie Poco Protette
Chi indaga sui traffici criminali di cistifellea d’orso e denti di ghepardo Pellicce, organi, corni: é un giro di affari (illeciti) per venti miliardi di dollari, Ora un libro racconta come, nei laboratori dell’Oregon, sono stati risolti i casi piü difficili.
Read MoreAs seen on the Sierra Club – The Green Life
The Green Life—Wednesday Book Roundup: Books By and About Eco-Heroes such as Jeff Corwin and Laurel Neme Animal Investigators: How the World’s First Wildlife Forensics Lab Is Solving Crimes and Saving Endangered Species (by Laurel A. Neme, $25, Simon and Schuster, Apr. 2009): This book offers a fascinating glimpse into the animal kingdom’s CSI equivalent:…
Read MoreAnimal Investigators and Jane Goodall
Animal Investigators sits right alongside Jane Goodall’s book within bestselling category at Scientific American book club:
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