"With out sentiment or prejudice, James Dewar explores many facets of man's exploitation of wild animals, exposing an extensive, ruthless and profitable trade. The persistent demand for animals in medical and military research is emptying the jungles of monkeys and provides suburban pet thieves with easy money. Animal dealers often depend upon sumgglers and dirty supply lines for consignments of exotic animals and birds. He looks at the case for and against vivisection and experimentation on animals and disentagles the hard facts which lie behind a wall of professional secrecy on one side, and the sometimes near-hysterical crusading zeal on the other. The Rape of Noah's Ark also reveals that many zoos, far from contributing to conservation, actually drive some animals mad."
"With out sentiment or prejudice, James Dewar explores many facets of man's exploitation of wild animals, exposing an extensive, ruthless and profitable trade. The persistent demand for animals in medical and military research is emptying the jungles of monkeys and provides suburban pet thieves with easy money. Animal dealers often depend upon sumgglers and dirty supply lines for consignments of exotic animals and birds. He looks at the case for and against vivisection and experimentation on animals and disentagles the hard facts which lie behind a wall of professional secrecy on one side, and the sometimes near-hysterical crusading zeal on the other. The Rape of Noah's Ark also reveals that many zoos, far from contributing to conservation, actually drive some animals mad."