Blood Of The Tiger: A Story Of Conspiracy, Greed, And The Battle To Save A Magnificent Species Download Free (EPUB, PDF)
Blood of the Tiger takes readers on a wild ride to save one of the world’s rarest animals from a band of Chinese billionaires. Many people think wild tigers are on the road to recovery, but they are in greater danger than ever—from a menace few experts saw coming. There may be only three thousand wild tigers left in the entire world. More shocking is the fact that twice that many—some six thousand—have been bred on farms, not for traditional medicine but to supply a luxury-goods industry that secretly sells tiger-bone wine, tiger-skin décor, and exotic cuisine enjoyed by China’s elite. Two decades ago, international wildlife investigator J. A. Mills went undercover to expose bear farming in China and discovered the plot to turn tigers into nothing more than livestock. Thus begins the story of a personal crusade in which Mills mobilizes international forces to awaken the world to a conspiracy so pervasive that it threatens every last tiger in the wild. In this memoir of triumph, heartbreak, and geopolitical intrigue, Mills and a host of heroic comrades try to thwart a Chinese cadre’s plan to launch billion-dollar industries banking on the extinction of not just wild tigers but also elephants and rhinos. Her journey takes her across Asia, into the jungles of India and Nepal, to Russia and Africa, traveling by means from elephant back to presidential motorcade, in the company of man-eaters, movie stars, and world leaders. She finds reason for hope in the increasing number of Chinese who do not want the blood of the last wild tigers to stain their beloved culture and motherland. Set against the backdrop of China’s ascendance to world dominance, Blood of the Tiger tells of a global fight to rein in the forces of greed on behalf of one of the world’s most treasured and endangered animals.
Hardcover: 296 pages
Publisher: Beacon Press; First Edition edition (January 6, 2015)
Language: English
ISBN-10: 0807074969
ISBN-13: 978-0807074961
Product Dimensions: 6.3 x 1 x 9.3 inches
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Blood of the Tiger is a gruesomely profound, first-hand account delving into the underground world of exotic animal trading, and the plentitude of hardships faced by compassionate conservation groups bound against a cruel, near-standstill system of world politics (backed by billion-dollar corporations and corrupt VIPs). Author J.A. Mills recounts, over the span of more than two decades, the constant brick walls and ‘doors without key-holders’ that many animal rights whistleblowers, preservationists, and investigators face when probing into the worldwide blood/cash-scheme that is illegal animal trading/farming. Not only is Mills an extremely bold-hearted individual, caring deeply about the future of our most beautiful, endangered species here on planet earth – she is also embroiled among the never-ending tangles of government legislation and public outreach programs responsible for bringing awareness to the true seriousness of saving Mother Earth’s sacredly treasured inhabitants from poaching, farming, and general brutalities.From bears, sharks, elephants, rhinos, and furthermost notably tigers, Mills details the constant struggles of animal-lovers alike (specifically those involved in multi-national co-op conservation and ecological groups) – difficulties so often faced by those preaching essential outcry for the aid and intervention of countries worldwide regarding the disastrous, ever-pending extinction, and gradual poaching increases in (an already grossly endangered) Kingdom Animalia / happening right over our heads, in our own backyards.
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