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Soul of the Rhino A Nepali Adventure with Kings and Elephant Drivers, Billionaires and Bureaucrats, Shamans and Scientists, and the Indian Rhinoceros

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ISBN-10: 1599218003

ISBN-13: 9781599218007

Edition: N/A

Authors: Hemanta Mishra, Jim Fowler, Bruce Babbitt, Jim Ottaway

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List price: $21.50
Publisher: Globe Pequot Press, The
Publication date: 9/1/2009
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 256
Size: 5.50" wide x 9.00" long x 0.75" tall
Weight: 0.748
Language: English

Hemanta Mishrahas worked with the Smithsonian Institution, the World Wildlife Fund, and other major conservation groups. He was a key player in the international team credited with halting the extinction of the rhino and tiger populations in Nepal. He lives in Vienna, Virginia. nbsp;

Foreword
Foreword
Preface
Prologue: A Tryst with Destiny
Close Encounters with the Unicorn Kind
Cheating Yama, the god of Death
A tale of the Terai
Rhino Roots
Clash of Cultures
Medicine or Myth?
Learning from the west
Wilderness Blues
Poverty, Rhinos, Tigers, and Tourists in Chitwan
George of the Jungle
Killing Mothers to Snatch Babies
Science and Shamanism
Kidnapping Baby Rhinos for an American Zoo
Taming Texas Rhinos
Popes, Kings, Queens, and the Rhino
Palace Intrigues
Rookie at the Royal Rhino Hunt
Rhino Versus Royalty
Prayers in the Dusk
Moving Rhinos
A new home for the Rhinos
Epilogue: Hope or Uncertainty on a Himalayan Scale
Selected Bibliography
Index