J. A. Mills has worked for TRAFFIC, World Wildlife Fund, Conservation International, and Save the Tiger Fund. She is now a consultant to the MacArthur Foundation and lives in Washington, DC.
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Blood of the Tiger: A Story of Conspiracy, Greed, and the Battle to Save a Magnificent Species
by J. A. Mills
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ISBN-13:
9780807074978
- Publisher: Beacon
- Publication date: 01/06/2015
- Sold by: Penguin Random House Publisher Services
- Format: eBook
- Pages: 296
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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.
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For 20 years, Mills worked with major global conservation groups, including the World Wildlife Fund, the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES), and TRAFFIC (a group that monitors wildlife trade). Relating her personal journey, she tells of learning that what we understand to be true is not what other people and cultures understand, even when they appear to agree with us. Interorganizational as well as intracountry politics are major players in the text, and with these, Mills interweaves her travels, explorations, and meetings with key people who have the desire to save the wild tiger. It is not enough to keep the creatures in captivity, the author explains, and we definitely should not treat them and other beasts (e.g. rhinos and sun bears) as farmed animals. VERDICT Mills's work will be of interest to readers of environmental memoirs and those who want to understand the politics behind the decisions. The title is not as beautiful as Steve Winter's photo-filled Tigers Forever, but the message is similar: We need to protect this predator and its environment, not just for the tiger but for us.—Jean E. Crampon, Univ. of Southern California, Los Angeles, Lib.