Wildlife Wars
My Battle to Save Kenya's Elephants
Richard Leakey spent years trying to save Africa's animals. Now he's trying to save a nation. Leakey began his career following in the footsteps of his famous parents, Mary and Louis, and becoming a renowned paleoanthropologist and head of Kenya's National Museums. In 1989, Kenyan president Daniel arap Moi put Leakey in charge of the Kenyan Wildlife Service. Ivory poachers were killing hundreds of elephants annually and the organisation was close to collapse. Leakey sacked corrupt rangers and brought in millions of dollars from international donors to help enforce a ban on the ivory trade. But when Moi accused the service of corruption, Leake…
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- ISBN: 978-1-4472-1640-7
- EAN: 9781447216407
- Produktnummer: 13952689
- Verlag: Pan Macmillan
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2011
- Seitenangabe: 304 S.
- Plattform: EPUB
- Masse: 789 KB
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