Environmental journalist Girling ponders the many ways humans have steadily deteriorated biodiversity in our attempt to catalog and conquer the natural world, from bloody quests that stocked early zoos to the current ravages of the ivory trade. By juxtaposing this sobering history with his own almost giddy search for the elusive, and perhaps extinct, Somali golden mole, Girling conveys a passionate enthusiasm for the wonders of the animal world, regret for what we've lost and cautious hope for what we might still save.
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