Copyright © 1999 by Alan Green and The Center for Public Integrity. Published in the United States by PublicAffairsTM, a member of the Perseus Books Group. All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No part of this book may be reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles and reviews. For information, address PublicAffairs, 250 West 57th Street, Suite 1321, New York, NY 10107. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Green, Alan, 1950- Animal underworld: inside America's black market for rare and exotic species / Alan Green and the Center for Public Integrity. -- 1st ed. p. cm. ISBN 1-891620-28-2 (bc) 1. Wild animal trade -- United States. 2. Black market -- United States. 3. Rare animals -- United States. 4. Endangered species -- United States. I. Center for Public Integrity. II. Title. SK592.U6G74 1999 333-95'42137'0973 -- dc21 99-39245 CIP First Edition 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 -IV- |