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The soul of the rhino: a Nepali adventure with kings and elephant drivers, billionaires, and bureaucrats, shamans and scientists, and the Indian rhinoceros

By Mishra , Jim , Hemanta R.;Ottaway

Book information

Publisher
Lyons Press
Year
2008
ISBN
9781599211466, 9781599216409, 1599211467, 9781599218007, 1599218003
Language
english
Format
EPUB
Filesize
1 MB (1498741 bytes)
Pages
xxiii, 232 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : i
Time added
2020-07-26 19:24:52
Artenschutz;Indian rhinoceros--Nepal--Royal ChitwaHemanta R;Royal Chitwan National Park (Nepal);Wild

Description

"A spirited yet humble account of one man's scientific career and personal journey to save the endangered rhinoceros in his native Nepal."--;Prologue: a tryst with destiny -- Close encounters with the unicorn kind -- Cheating Yama, the god of death -- A tale of the Terai -- Rhino roots -- Clash of cultures -- Medicine or myth? -- Learning from the West -- Wilderness blues -- Poverty, rhinos, tigers, and tourists in Chitwan -- George of the jungle -- Killing mothers to snatch babies -- Science and shamanism -- Kidnapping baby rhinos for an American zoo -- Taming Texas rhinos -- Popes, kings, queens, and the rhino -- Palace intrigues -- Rookie at the royal rhino hunt -- Rhino versus royalty -- Prayers in the dusk -- Moving rhinos -- A new home for the rhinos -- Epilogue: hope or uncertainty on a Himalayan scale.

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