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001 2010011817
003 DLC
005 20120215105250.0
008 100405s2010 ctu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2010011817
020 $a9781599219264 :$c$19.95
020 $a1599219263
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn435418824
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050 00 $aSK591$b.L38 2010
082 00 $a364.1/3367$222
100 1 $aLaufer, Peter.
245 10 $aForbidden creatures :$binside the world of animal smuggling and exotic pets /$cPeter Laufer.
260 $aGuilford, Conn. :$bLyons Press,$cc2010.
300 $axix, 250 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 233-239) and index.
505 0 $aFrom butterflies to big cats, great apes, and long snakes -- Unexpected mayhem : Travis attacks Charla Nash -- Monkey smuggler : survivalist Fran Ogren conspires with her daughter -- Federal case : the prosecutor and Gypsy Lawson's pet -- Attempted amnesty : Connecticut's animal control czar Susan Frechette tries to corral unwanted pets -- Stop cat sales : Tippi Hedren's second career -- Who belongs to whom? : philosophers Mark Rowlands and Peter Singer weigh in -- Crimes for pets : roller pigeons attract the Fish and Wildlife Service -- Chimps as children : Roberta and her apes -- Trapped together : Connie Casey and chimpanzee factory -- Travis's mother : gunned down -- Shambala : are wild things forever wild? -- Servals, spider monkeys, and zedonks : an exotic auction in Missouri -- Zeus by the side of the road : the myth of the white tiger -- Rampant trafficking : you can get anything you want -- A conscientious merchant : selling New World snakes in the Old World -- Florida's python plague : a snake seller's perspective -- Mark McCarthy's tigers : the best of a bad scenario -- No kissing the cats : the PETA girl and the cheetah lady -- An absurd infestation : the Everglades amok with pythons -- Macro problem, micro reality : snake hunters stalk the wild Florida pythons -- "I know it when I see it" : the old hippie and the professor try to define a pet -- Getting marked in Pahrump : Picasso the tiger sprays your correspondent from head to toe -- Good people : strange hobby -- We're all at least a little wild.
520 $aExplores the economic and environmental impact of the exotic animal trade, from poachers and traders to breeders and pet owners.
650 0 $aWild animal trade.
650 0 $aWildlife smuggling.
650 0 $aExotic animals$xEconomic aspects.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1101/2010011817-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1101/2010011817-d.html
856 41 $3Table of contents only$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1204/2010011817-t.html