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Chasing the Dragon's Tail:

The Struggle to Save Thailand's Wild Cats
  • ISBN-13: 9781559639804
  • Publisher: ISLAND PRESS
    Imprint: ISLAND PRESS
  • By Rabinowitz
  • Price: AUD $86.99
  • Stock: 4 in stock
  • Availability: Order will be despatched as soon as possible.
  • Local release date: 13/09/2002
  • Format: Paperback (228.00mm X 152.00mm) 280 pages Weight: 467g
  • Categories: Earth sciences [RB]
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In 1987, zoologist Alan Rabinowitz was invited by the Thai government to study leopards, tigers, and other wildlife in the Huai Kha Khaeng valley, one of Southeast Asia's largest and most prized forests. It was hoped his research would help protect the many species that live in that fragile reserve, which was being slowly depleted by poachers, drug traffickers, and even the native tribes of the area. Chasing the Dragon's Tail is the remarkable story of Rabinowitz's life and adventures in the forest as well as the streets of Bangkok, as he works to protect Thailand's threatened wildlife.Based on Rabinowitz's field journals, the book offers an intimate and moving look at a modern zoologist's life in the field. As he fights floods, fire-ant infestations, elephant stampedes, and a request to marry the daughter of a tribal chief, the difficulties that come with the demanding job of species conservation are dramatically brought to life. First published in 1991, this edition of Chasing the Dragon's Tail includes a new afterword by the author that brings the story up to date, describing the surprising strides Thailand has made recently in conservation.Other titles by Alan Rabinowitz include Beyond the Last Village and Jaguar.

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Copyright

Contents

Prologue - Taipei, March 1987

1. Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary,
Thailand, March 1986

2. Dancing Woman Mountain

3. Into the Cauldron

4. Forest Cattle

5. Leopard Capture

6. Buddhist Monks

7. Spirits and Ghosts

8. Chasing the Dragon's Tail

9. Auntie's Coffee Shop

10. Wildlife Abuse

11. Tiger Tracking

12. Leopards and Leopard Cats

13. Poachers

14. Animals in Cages

15. Civet Society

16. City of Illusion

17. Floods

18. Wild Elephants

19. Huai Kha Khaeng, February 1989

20. The Place of Knowing

Epilogue

Afterword

Bibliography

Acknowledgments

Index

About the Author

"...one of the best recent books on Thailand. Although essentially the record of a zoologist conserving wild cats in the Huai Kha Khaeng Wildlife Sanctuary, the book also offers a penetrating account of author Alan Rabinowitz's struggle to come to terms with Thailand and the Thai people."
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