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Tiger Bone and Rhino Horn: The Destruction of Wildlife for Traditional Chinese Medicine
Richard Ellis
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Description for Tiger Bone and Rhino Horn: The Destruction of Wildlife for Traditional Chinese Medicine
hardcover. The moon bears' bile is drained, as a cure for various ailments. Rhinos are illegally poached for their horns, as are tigers for their bones. The author, an expert in wildlife extinction, brings his alarm to the pages of this book, in the hope that through an exposure of this drug trade, something can be done to save the animals. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations, photos, bibilography, index. BIC Classification: 1FPC; RNKH1; VXHT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
In parts of Korea and China, moon bears, black but for the crescent-shaped patch of white on their chests, are captured in the wild and imprisoned in squeeze cages, where steel catheters drain their bile as a cure for ailments ranging from upset stomach to skin burns. Rhinos are being illegally poached for their horns, as are tigers for their bones, thought to improve virility. Booming economies and growing wealth in parts of Asia are increasing demand for these precious medicinals while already endangered species are being sacrificed for temporary treatments for nausea and erectile dysfunction. Richard Ellis, one of ... Read more
In parts of Korea and China, moon bears, black but for the crescent-shaped patch of white on their chests, are captured in the wild and imprisoned in squeeze cages, where steel catheters drain their bile as a cure for ailments ranging from upset stomach to skin burns. Rhinos are being illegally poached for their horns, as are tigers for their bones, thought to improve virility. Booming economies and growing wealth in parts of Asia are increasing demand for these precious medicinals while already endangered species are being sacrificed for temporary treatments for nausea and erectile dysfunction. Richard Ellis, one of ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Shearwater Books,US United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Number of Pages
312
Place of Publication
Washington, United States
ISBN
9781559635325
SKU
V9781559635325
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Ref
99-15
About Richard Ellis
RICHARD ELLIS is the author of many books including The Empty Ocean (Island Press, 2003), see page 22, and No Turning Back (Harper Collins, 2004). Ellis is a research associate at the American Museum of Natural History, and a world-renowned artist.
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