War Against Wildlife

摘要

Poachers are rapidly killing off Africa's most iconic megafauna to make keychains and impotence cures. Coming on top of old threats like habitat loss and trophy hunting, this historic spasm of slaughter is fueled by rising demand in Asia for products made from rare animals-the more endangered and expensive, the better. "The economy of the Far East is booming," Princeton University ecology professor Andrew Dobson says. "It's created wealth that people like to spend on things that used to be rare trinkets. If you want to rise today in the Chinese military, you give your supervising officer something made out of ivory."