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Forbidden creatures, inside the world of animal smuggling and exotic pets, Peter Laufer

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 233-239) and index

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Forbidden creatures

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Peter Laufer

inside the world of animal smuggling and exotic pets

Explores the economic and environmental impact of the exotic animal trade, from poachers and traders to breeders and pet owners

From butterflies to big cats, great apes, and long snakes -- Unexpected mayhem : Travis attacks Charla Nash -- Monkey smuggler : survivalist Fran Ogren conspires with her daughter -- Federal case : the prosecutor and Gypsy Lawson's pet -- Attempted amnesty : Connecticut's animal control czar Susan Frechette tries to corral unwanted pets -- Stop cat sales : Tippi Hedren's second career -- Who belongs to whom? : philosophers Mark Rowlands and Peter Singer weigh in -- Crimes for pets : roller pigeons attract the Fish and Wildlife Service -- Chimps as children : Roberta and her apes -- Trapped together : Connie Casey and chimpanzee factory -- Travis's mother : gunned down -- Shambala : are wild things forever wild? -- Servals, spider monkeys, and zedonks : an exotic auction in Missouri -- Zeus by the side of the road : the myth of the white tiger -- Rampant trafficking : you can get anything you want -- A conscientious merchant : selling New World snakes in the Old World -- Florida's python plague : a snake seller's perspective -- Mark McCarthy's tigers : the best of a bad scenario -- No kissing the cats : the PETA girl and the cheetah lady -- An absurd infestation : the Everglades amok with pythons -- Macro problem, micro reality : snake hunters stalk the wild Florida pythons -- "I know it when I see it" : the old hippie and the professor try to define a pet -- Getting marked in Pahrump : Picasso the tiger sprays your correspondent from head to toe -- Good people : strange hobby -- We're all at least a little wild