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

by Mishra, Hemanta; Fowler, Jim; Babbitt, Bruce; Ottaway, Jim

• ISBN13: 9781599218007
• ISBN10: 1599218003
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-09-01
• Publisher: Lyons Press

Summary

This new release is a spirited yet humble account of one man's scientific career and personal journey to save the endangered rhinoceros in his native Nepal.

Author Biography

Hemanta Mishra has 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.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. ix
Foreword	p. xi
Preface	p. xv
Prologue: A Tryst with Destiny	p. xxi
Close Encounters with the Unicorn Kind	p. 1
Cheating Yama, the god of Death	p. 11
A tale of the Terai	p. 21
Rhino Roots	p. 29
Clash of Cultures	p. 35
Medicine or Myth?	p. 45
Learning from the west	p. 57
Wilderness Blues	p. 67
Poverty, Rhinos, Tigers, and Tourists in Chitwan	p. 77
George of the Jungle	p. 89
Killing Mothers to Snatch Babies	p. 101
Science and Shamanism	p. 107
Kidnapping Baby Rhinos for an American Zoo	p. 113
Taming Texas Rhinos	p. 123
Popes, Kings, Queens, and the Rhino	p. 137
Palace Intrigues	p. 147
Rookie at the Royal Rhino Hunt	p. 157
Rhino Versus Royalty	p. 169
Prayers in the Dusk	p. 179
Moving Rhinos	p. 187
A new home for the Rhinos	p. 197
Epilogue: Hope or Uncertainty on a Himalayan Scale	p. 205
Selected Bibliography	p. 217
Index	p. 225
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