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Laufer, Peter, author.
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Turtles -- Effect of human beings on.
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NATURE / Animals / Reptiles & Amphibians.
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Dreaming in turtle :...
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Dreaming in turtle : a journey through the passion, profit, and peril of our most coveted prehistoric creatures / Peter Laufer Ph.D. ; foreword by Richard Branson.
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Laufer, Peter, author.
New York : St. Martin's Press, 2018.
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xi, 290 pages ; 25 cm
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First edition.
Contents:
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.
Summary:
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.
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Text in English.
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