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Eating Apes
Dale Peterson
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Description for Eating Apes
Paperback. Describes a disturbing secret: the looming extinction of humanity's closest relatives, the African great apes - chimpanzees, bonobos, and gorillas. This title argues that the American conservation media have failed to report the collapse of the ape population. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 329 pages, 16 color photographs, 6 maps. BIC Classification: 1H; RNKH1; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 223 x 24. Weight in Grams: 476.
"Eating Apes" is an eloquent book about a disturbing secret: the looming extinction of humanity's closest relatives, the African great apes - chimpanzees, bonobos, and gorillas. Dale Peterson's impassioned expose details how, with the unprecedented opening of African forests by European and Asian logging companies, the traditional consumption of wild animal meat in Central Africa has suddenly exploded in scope and impact, moving from what was recently a subsistence activity to an enormous and completely unsustainable commercial enterprise. Although the three African great apes account for only about one percent of the commercial bush meat trade, today's rate of slaughter ... Read more
"Eating Apes" is an eloquent book about a disturbing secret: the looming extinction of humanity's closest relatives, the African great apes - chimpanzees, bonobos, and gorillas. Dale Peterson's impassioned expose details how, with the unprecedented opening of African forests by European and Asian logging companies, the traditional consumption of wild animal meat in Central Africa has suddenly exploded in scope and impact, moving from what was recently a subsistence activity to an enormous and completely unsustainable commercial enterprise. Although the three African great apes account for only about one percent of the commercial bush meat trade, today's rate of slaughter ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
329
Condition
New
Series
California Studies in Food and Culture
Number of Pages
329
Place of Publication
Berkerley, United States
ISBN
9780520243323
SKU
V9780520243323
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About Dale Peterson
Dale Peterson is the author of Storyville, USA (1999), Chimpanzee Travels: On and Off the Road in Africa (1995), and The Deluge and the Ark: A Journey into Primate Worlds (1989). He is the editor of Beyond Innocence: Jane Goodall's Later Life in Letters (2001) and Africa in My Blood: Jane Goodall's Early Life in Letters (2000). He is the ... Read more
Reviews for Eating Apes
"A beautifully written book about an ongoing tragedy of global significance. Dale Peterson's account sweeps across broad issues of conservation and animal welfare that are linked to human welfare and should be the concern of everyone everywhere." - Edward O. Wilson, author of the Pulitzer Prize-Winning On Human Nature "I applaud Dale Peterson for taking on this challenging subject with ... Read more