| | |  | Wireless Technologies | Home » » » Animal Investigators: How the World's First Wildlife Forensics Lab Is Solving Crimes and Saving Endangered Species | | | | | | | Description: | | Inside the Clark R. Bavin U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Forensics Laboratory lies a rarely seen world, a CSI for wildlife, where a walk-in freezer contains carcasses and animal parts awaiting necropsies (animal autopsies); shelves and drawers hold pills, rugs, carvings, and countless other products made from parts of endangered animals; and a dedicated group of forensic scientists is responsible for victims from thirty thousand animal species. Accomplished environmental journalist Laurel A. Neme goes behind the scenes at the wildlife forensics lab -- the only crime lab of its kind -- to reveal how its forensic scientists and the agents of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are working to investigate wildlife crimes, protect endangered species, and stem illegal wildlife trafficking, the third largest illegal trade in the world. In three fascinating cases -- headless walrus washed up on the shores of Alaska, black bears killed for the healing powers of their gallbladders, and gorgeous feathered headdresses secretly shipped to the United States from the Amazon -- Neme traces the USFWS's daring undercover investigations and how the scientists' innovative forensic techniques provide conclusive evidence of a crime. Throughout, she underscores the staggering international scope of the supply and demand for wildlife and animal parts. Filled with the suspense and thrilling detail of a crime novel yet driven by the all-too-real drama of a small band of scientists and investigators battling a lucrative, high-stakes underground industry, Animal Investigators is an engrossing account of crime and cutting-edge science. | | | Product Details: | | | Author:
| Laurel A Neme Ph.D. | | Hardcover:
| 256 pages | | Publisher:
| Scribner | | Publication Date:
| April 07, 2009 | | Language:
| English | | ISBN:
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9 of 9 found the following review helpful:
Wildlife CSI at its best!Apr 27, 2009
By Angie King
"Angie King"
I work at a local bookstore and was excited to see this book cross the path of the store manager. I immediately grabbed a copy and began reading. To say that I could not put it down is an understatement. I found it beautifully written from beginning to end and was enthralled by the mysteries as they unraveled. A book like this is long overdue. The read was interesting, informative and surprising. Laurel Neme has done her research! I especially appreciated lens with which the book was written: the criminology behind the poaching of wildlife. "Animal Investigators" presented all the information I was looking for and left me hoping for more books like it. I strongly recommend it!
9 of 9 found the following review helpful:
Don't miss this book!!Apr 25, 2009
By M.C. Baker I bought "Animal Investigators" after reading an article on Time.com because I enjoy mysteries and true crime books. It's a quick read, and I finished it in just two days. The engaging narrative brought me right into each of the three cases: walrus poaching, bear poaching for their gall bladders and illegally selling Amazon Indian feathered headdresses. I felt like I was right there with the undercover agents and scientists as they solved these true cases of crimes against wildlife. Most of all, I was astounded to learn how pervasive illegal wildlife trafficking is. It's hard to believe that it's happening in every state. Yet the book is not doom and gloom. I found it uplifting because it shows that for every ingenious method these criminals use to hide and smuggle endangered species, the good guys can meet the challenge. The science these folks are doing to catch smugglers is fascinating--and Neme makes it come alive. Even after a bear gall bladder or rhino horn has been ground up into a powdered medicine, these scientists can identify it. That ability's had an amazing impact on wildlife law enforcement. But as Neme points out, we still need more--and that's up to us to watch what we buy and push for greater penalties. You'll be glad you bought this book as a first step. I am!
8 of 8 found the following review helpful:
Fantastic and InformativeApr 26, 2009
By Bettina Hatami
"Blossom"
The article in Time drove me to buy the book immediately and I was not disappointed at all. Quite the contrary. A fantastic read on a very important and oft neglected subject. The writer has managed to give an extraordinarily compelling account of investigations conducted by incredible scientists. The science is easily understood and the processes are engrossing. A really good read that kept me up very late. Well done.
8 of 8 found the following review helpful:
A pageturner: scientifically accurated and compelling readApr 24, 2009
By Giuliano
"BookFrantic"
I've purchased "Animal Investigators" after reading a good review on "New Scientist" magazine, and I have to say that it's an excellent read. It opens your eyes on something which is "invisible" for all of us - provided we don't work in wildlife protection, of course - and it affects the world on a huge scale. Millions of animals of protected species are traded each year around the world. If they are not directly killed to obtain products as "Chinese medicine" remedies or ornaments, the majority of the ones which are "hiddenly" transported dies for the bad conditions of transport. The US Congress in 2008 said that this illegal practices are threatening of extinction some species. And there is so little "social alarm" that the enforcers of law have to struggle with lack of funding and of personnell. REading this book will show you how a bunch of science experts fight all this. And improve the world: our world.
7 of 7 found the following review helpful:
Fantastic Book - Wildlife CSIMay 13, 2009
By ursus arctos Fantastic Book! Exciting. Meticulously researched. Mystery meets science - bringing readers behind the scenes at the FWS Forensics Laboratory. Neme's evocative style pulled me in. I felt as if I were there watching the FWS agents and lab scientists - flying in a small plane over western Alaska's Bering Sea coastline, uncovering evidence, discovering critical clues, identifying species from feathers, teeth, or organs, and establishing animal forensic methodology that would stand up in court.
I lived in Alaska for 14 years, and remember some of the headlines from the Anchorage Daily News mentioned in the Walrus Forensic Investigation chapter. Neme shows great understanding of Alaska Native cultures, and the importance of Subsistence Rights to Native Alaskans. Hunters, Native community leaders, FWS agents, and lab scientists are presented objectively - in chapters on the Walrus Investigation and throughout the book.
Kudos to Neme and to the FWS Forensic Laboratory! I'd love to read a second volume of Animal Investigators with additional cases the lab has handled.
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