Animal Underworld : Inside America's Black Market for Rare and Exotic Species

This shocking and groundbreaking report on the trafficking and inhumane treatment of rare and exotic animals exposes a whole network of people and institutions more interested in profit than in animal welfarefrom zoos and wildlife parks to exotic meat dealers and Amish farmers.. title......Page 1 title......Page 2 title......Page 3 title......Page 4 title......Page 5 title......Page 6 title......Page 7 title......Page 8 title......Page 9 title......Page 10 title......Page 11 title......Page 12 title......Page 13 title......Page 14 title......Page 15 title......Page 16 title......Page 17 title......Page 18 title......Page 19 title......Page 20 title......Page 21 title......Page 22 title......Page 23 title......Page 24 title......Page 25 title......Page 26 title......Page 27 title......Page 28 title......Page 29 title......Page 30 title......Page 31 title......Page 32 title......Page 33 title......Page 34 title......Page 35 title......Page 36 title......Page 37 title......Page 39 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The products bought and sold: animals. In Animal Underworld, veteran investigative journalist Alan Green exposes the sleazy, sometimes illegal web of those who trade in rare and exotic creatures. Green and The Center for Public Integrity reveal which American zoos and amusement parks dump their'surplus'animals on the middlemen adept at secretly redirecting them into the private pet trade. We're taken to exotic-animal auctions, where the anonymous high bidders are often notorious dealers, hunting-ranch proprietors, and profit-minded charlatans masquerading as conservationists. We visit some of the nation's most prestigious universities and research laboratories, whose diseased monkeys are'laundered'through this same network of breeders and dealers until they finally reach the homes of unsuspecting pet owners. And we meet the men and women who make their living by skirting through loopholes in the law, or by ignoring the law altogether. For anyone who cares about animals; for pet owners, zoo-goers, wildlife conservationists, and animal welfare advocates, Animal Underworld is gripping, shocking reading. A vast and previously undisclosed underground economy exists in the United States. The products bought and animals. In Animal Underworld, veteran investigative journalist Alan Green exposes the sleazy, sometimes illegal web of those who trade in rare and exotic creatures. Green and The Center for Public Integrity reveal which American zoos and amusement parks dump their "surplus" animals on the middlemen adept at secretly redirecting them into the private pet trade. We're taken to exotic-animal auctions, where the anonymous high bidders are often notorious dealers, hunting-ranch proprietors, and profit-minded charlatans masquerading as conservationists. We visit some of the nation's most prestigious universities and research laboratories, whose diseased monkeys are "laundered" through this same network of breeders and dealers until they finally reach the homes of unsuspecting pet owners. And we meet the men and women who make their living by skirting through loopholes in the law, or by ignoring the law altogether. For anyone who cares about animals; for pet owners, zoo-goers, wildlife conservationists, and animal welfare advocates, Animal Underworld is gripping, shocking reading. In Animal Underworld, Alan Green And The Center For Public Integrity Offer The Definitive Expose Of The Sleazy, Sometimes Illegal Trade In Exotic - Even Endangered - Species. The Book Takes Us To Exotic-animal Auctions, Where The Anonymous High Bidders Are Often Notorious Dealers, Hunting-ranch Proprietors, And Profit-minded Charlatans Masquerading As Conservationists. We Peer Inside Research Laboratories Operated By Some Of The Nation's Most Prestigious Universities, Which Launder Diseased Monkeys Though The Same Network Of Breeders And Dealers Until They Finally Reach The Homes Of Unsuspecting Pet Owners. In Case After Case, Animal Underworld Documents Exactly What Happens After Zoos And Theme Parks Unload Their Surplus Animals On Secretive Middlemen Who Redirect Them Into The Private Pet Trade. And The Book Shines An Unwanted Spotlight On Those Who Profit By Exploiting Loopholes In The Law Or By Ignoring The Law Altogether.--jacket. Alan Green And The Center For Public Integrity. Includes Index. Includes Bibliographical References (pages 265-268) And Index. This investigation into an underground economy names the American zoos and theme parks that dump unwanted animals into the exotic pet trade, and the research institutes that "launder" diseased monkeys through breeders and traders until they reach the homes of unsuspecting pet owners.