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BL
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1047508
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b801878
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| Main Entry
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Green, Alan,1950-
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| Title & Author
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Animal underworld : : inside America's black market for rare and exotic species /\ Alan Green and the Center for Public Integrity.
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| Edition Statement
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1st ed.
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| Publication Statement
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New York :: Public Affairs,, ©1999.
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xxix, 286 pages :: illustrations ;; 25 cm
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| ISBN
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1891620282
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: 9781891620287
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-268) and index.
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| Abstract
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"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.
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Black market-- United States.
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Endangered species-- United States.
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Rare animals-- United States.
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Wild animal trade-- United States.
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Black market-- United States.
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Black market.
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Endangered species-- United States.
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Endangered species.
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Rare animals-- United States.
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Rare animals.
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Wild animal trade-- United States.
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Wild animal trade.
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United States.
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| Dewey Classification
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333.95/42137/0973
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| LC Classification
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SK592.U6G74 1999
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| Added Entry
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Center for Public Integrity.
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