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Format:

Book

Author:

Jackson, Donna M., 1959- author.

Title:

The wildlife detectives : how forensic scientists fight crimes against nature / Donna M. Jackson ; photographs by Wendy Shattil and Bob Rozinski.

Publisher, Date:

Boston, Massachusetts : Houghton Mifflin Company, [2000]

Description:

47 pages : color illustrations ; 24 x 29 cm.

Summary:

Slaughtering elephants for their ivory; shooting bears for their gall bladders; capturing sea turtles for soup. In the name of vanity, fashion, and greed, man stalks and kills wild animals - and gets away with it, even when it is clearly against the law. But now scientists have a way to catch and convict poachers. In a laboratory in Ashland, Oregon, they analyze clues to link suspects to crimes. In words and pictures, this book tells a poignant story and reveals how science can indeed save the day. -- From back cover.

With arresting full-color photographs, The Wildlife Detectives captures both the nobility of wild animals and the crimes committed against them. In words and pictures it tells a poignant story and shows how good science can indeed save the day. -- From back cover.

Target Audience Note:

1120L Lexile

Series:

Scientists in the field

Scientists in the field.

Subjects:

United States Fish & Wildlife Forensics Laboratory.

Undercover wildlife agents -- United States -- Juvenile literature.

Game wardens -- United States -- Juvenile literature.

Poaching -- United States -- Prevention -- Juvenile literature.

Wild animal trade -- United States -- Juvenile literature.

Wildlife conservation -- United States -- Juvenile literature.

Endangered species -- United States -- Juvenile literature.

Other Author:

Shattil, Wendy, photographer.

Rozinski, Robert, photographer.

Notes:

Includes index.

Accelerated Reader MG 7.4 1.0.

Contents:

The Wildlife Detectives -- Wild File: Precious and Few -- Mystery in the Meadows -- Wild File: Animal Crime Lab -- Hunting Clues -- Wild File: It's the Law -- Reward for Information -- Wild File: Poaching for Profit -- The Tines That Bind -- Wild File: Heartbreak Zoo -- Antlers and Alibis -- Wild File: Operation Ivory -- Under the Microscope -- Wild File: Eagle Express -- The Match Game -- Wild File: Birds of a Feather -- The Unraveling -- Justice Is Served -- Wild Work to Be Done.

Web Site:

Contributor biographical information

Publisher description

LCCN:

99034857

ISBN:

0395869765

9780395869765

0618196838

9780618196838

9780613607391

0613607392

9780756951917

0756951917

Other Number:

41565157

System Availability:

1

Current Holds:

0

# Local items:

1

Control Number:

84320

# Local items in:

1

# System items in:

1

Call Number:

j 363.28 Jackson