Confessions of a Tax Collector: One Man's Tour of Duty Inside the IRS (P.S.)

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Imagine if Brad Meltzer or John Grisham's first book had been a memoir about working for the Internal Revenue Service and you have an idea of just how thrilling Richard Yancey's Confessions of a Tax Collector: One Man's Tour of Duty Inside the IRS really is. Serving as a revenue agent--or, more informally, a tax collector--of the IRS for two years, Yancey went through strange transformations--from a tall, pencil-thin theater major, in an unforgiving relationship with no steady income, to a mean, muscle-wielding, unyielding revenue officer at the top of his game. What happens in between this tax collecting, money-hungry metamorphosis makes this memorable memoir the stuff of great fiction.

The Americans who shirk tax laws and responsibilities are inevitably tracked, coded, analyzed, pursued, and in general, marked for tax collection by a legion of government workers take center stage. "We have superior intelligence; we know more about our enemies' lives than they know about themselves. We know where they are. We know what they do. We know what they have. We will execute what they fear," Yancey writes. Just envision the line-up of misfits and average joes who populate the screen on Cops or America's Funniest Home Videos and you'll be close to imagining the range of people Yancey tangles with. Vengeful middle managers, hard-working small business owners, mean-spirited tax protestors, hardened tax evaders--the list of characters goes on and on. Every one of the people tracked within the walls of Yancey's local IRS office has the same, pitiful problem: the tax man cometh and the "beast needs to be fed." Equal parts love story, business tale, high-speed chase, and self-evolution, Yancey's Confessions of a Tax Collector packs plenty of human drama--all of it experienced and survived by one man. --E. Brooke Gilbert

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Twelve years ago, Richard Yancey answered a blind ad in the newspaper offering a salary higher than what he'd made over the three previous years combined. It turned out that the job was for the Internal Revenue Service -- the most hated and feared organization in the federal government.

So Yancey became the man who got in his car, drove to your house, knocked on your door, and made you pay. Never mind that his car was littered with candy wrappers, his palms were sweaty, and he couldn't remember where he stashed his own tax records. He was there on the authority of the United States government.

With "a rich mix of humor, horror, and angst [and] better than most novels on the bestseller lists" ( Boston Sunday Globe), Confessions of a Tax Collector contains an astonishing cast of too-strange-for-fiction characters. But the most intriguing character of all is Yancey himself who -- in detailing how the job changed him and how he managed to pull himself back from the brink of moral, ethical, and spiritual bankruptcy -- reveals what really lies beneath those dark suits and mirrored sunglasses.

This P.S. edition features an extra 16 pages of insights into the book, including author interviews, recommended reading, and more.

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GREAT!!! Retired IRS worker.......2007-06-21

I love the book about IRS that I worked for IRS 20 years from clerk/typist to tax examiner clerk (12/14/1981 to 01/11/2002). The book are funny stories about IRS that I was a sense of humor IRS employee for 20 years to make my co-workers laugh when I said funny things to the co-workers.

Written by a Tax Collector, Exciting as a Tax Collector.......2007-06-17

I picked up this book and really wanted to enjoy it. I slogged through half the book and just can't finish it. A topic matter with great promise, written by an ex-tax collector who fails to write in any compelling way. The writing, to the contrary, seems very childish; as if it would be a reading selection on an elementary school reading list - the book that every kid hated. Overall, it's saturated with a littany of unimportant details, and as a result, the book never gets going.

As to the reviewer that states it reads like a daily log - I couldn't agree more. The sense of time is totally lost. It just seems like a muddle of random days all thrown together with hardly any real beginning or end. There seems to be no real purpose to the book. This is like buying employment inside the IRS. You get all the boredom without the pay.

Not recommended

ugh, .......2007-03-02

This book reads like a daily log. I cannot think of one reason to recommend it.

A very interesting look at one of America's most hated instiutions.......2006-12-18

Although the information in this book is a bit dated as this branch of the IRS is no longer in use this book was an interesting read. It covers one of the most hated branches of the US government and one of the most hated parts of that branch. The need to feed the beast is well illustrated and how one can get sucked into that world is easily seen. Very interesting and scary look at what happens to those in power of our tax system.

This book is awesome!.......2006-11-23

I read this book in one sitting it is that good. This book is set in earlier IRS days (1980s / 1990s if I rememeber correctly) so don't think it's very recent; although, who knows... the same kind of stuff might still go on.

Confessions of a Tax Collector: One Man's Tour of Duty Inside the IRS (P.S.)

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Confessions of a Tax Collector: One Man's Tour of Duty Inside the IRS (P.S.)
Richard Yancey
Manufacturer: Harper Perennial
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Binding: Paperback
ASIN: B000OEMT8S

Confessions of a Tax Collector: One Man's Tour of Duty Inside the IRS (HC/DJ)

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Confessions of a Tax Collector: One Man's Tour of Duty Inside the IRS (HC/DJ)
Richard Yancey
Manufacturer: HarperCollins
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ASIN: B000OEQCM2

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The Ultimate New York Hockey Book!

Metro Ice, A Century of Hockey in Greater New York Starring: Rangers, Islanders, Devils, Americans, Rovers, Raiders, Ducks, St. Nicks
Tom Sarro , and Stan Fischler
Manufacturer: H & M Productions
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover
ASIN: 1882608216

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This is a profusley illustrated, (11x12 page size) full book length text, work on 100 years of amateur and professional ice hockey in the New York area starring: Rangers, Islanders, Devils, Americans, Rovers, Raiders, Ducks, St. Nicks.

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The Ultimate New York Hockey Book!.......2000-06-13

Stan Fischler is probably the most knowledgable person on hockey in the country, and he certainly is in New York. He has brought that knowledge together in a beautiful coffee table book that looks at the history of hockey in New York. It's all here. Rangers, Islanders, Devils and also those forgotten teams of yore like the Americans and the brief WHA experiment of the 70s. Many fascinating pictures of players, locales and memorabilia that graphically illustrate how important hockey has been to the cultural history of New York. An absolute joy to read and a must for both hockey fans and those interested in New York history too.

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it really happened (and it still happens)
In a word...WOW
WWII GI Gift
The kind of story you want to climb into

The American St. Nick
Peter Lion
Manufacturer: Windriver Publishing (ID)
ProductGroup: Book
Binding: Hardcover

Luxembourg | Europe | History | Subjects | Books

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General | World | History | Subjects | Books
ASIN: 1886249083

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Amidst the dark and painful days of WWII Europe there shown a bright and joyous light—the courage and compassion of the 28th Infantry Division Signal Corps and its Christmas gift to the town of Wiltz, Luxembourg.

The American St. Nick is based on the true story of soldiers who donated their gifts from home, military cooks who baked sweets, and Corporal Richard Brookins, who borrowed clothes from the local priest then rode through town as St. Nicolas to the delight of children and parents alike.

Thus begins a story soon clouded by the trials of war and the distance of time--clouded, but not forgotten. For the story of that day touched the hearts of generations who reached out across the oceans to the surprise of those living with us today and in honor of the memory of those who stayed behind.

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it really happened (and it still happens).......2005-10-25

I come from the town in question and beeing a child I once recieved my candy from the American St. Nick. (It was one of the years he had come back to play his role again.) I can remember that we children make fun of the way he tried to speak to us in luxembourgish. But what I didn't realise by then was the whole story behind it; I knew it was something special about it but I couldn't explain why. Now after having grown up and after having read the book I know that what they did was something very special.

In a word...WOW.......2005-04-20

It's a great, easy read AND it's true! When you see what these guys went through and what they did as a wonderful act of kindness you can't help but be moved. I challenge anyone to read this story and not be at the very least a bit misty-eyed when you're done. And the photos that are in the book are amazing. Obviously well researched. Why Hollywood hasn't latched onto this story yet is a real mystery. This one has "all the makings"!

WWII GI Gift.......2004-11-25

In this time, when our Veterans from World War II are realizing how much we all need to hear their stories, THE AMERICAN ST. NICK is a heart-warming one grandfathers can share with their grandchildren, helping them to see that behind the face of the Warrior beats a father's heart. No matter that the young men thought what they were doing was just a lark.

Rebeccasreads highly recommends THE AMERICAN ST. NICK as a fine recollection of one shining moment in a dark horrendous conflict that glows like a child's grin. It is a tale, simply told, of bringing joy to some needy children & their community. It is also the story of how one town never forgot the GIs who gave of their bounty, & by doing so resurrected the Spirit of Christmas for a devastated people. Nor have they forgetten those GIs who gave their lives & never went home.

The kind of story you want to climb into.......2004-03-11

Fellow WindRiver author Peter Lion brings new light to a tiny flicker of joy in the darkest moments of World War II and tells the tale of a holiday tradition that lives into the 21st Century.

In December of 1944, American soldiers from the 28th Infantry Division were stationed in the village of Wiltz, Luxembourg. Two members of the Signal Corps, knowing they wouldn't be home for Christmas, decided that the next best thing would be to celebrate the holidays in Wiltz. With gifts and treats donated by soldiers from the 28th, they gave the town's children a full-blown St. Nicolas Day party on December 6th, complete with a visit from the beloved Saint (an American soldier dressed in cleric's vestments and a bishop's miter). After the war, many of the participants put aside the memories of that day along with the horrors of the war but the people of Wiltz never forgot.

Every year, they observe December 6 as both St. Nicolas Day and the anniversary of the visit from the American St. Nick with one of the locals recreating the part of the American Signal Corpsman.

Through a series of chance turns-of-events, the first American St. Nicolas is tracked down and over thirty years later, he returns to Wiltz on St. Nicolas Day.

Filling the inevitable gaps in memory with vivid fiction, Peter Lion's story leaps from the page with a vitality that transports the reader through time and distance into the streets of Wiltz in 1944. The two photo sections are filled with the type of pictures one lingers over.

There's material here for a feature film or a perennial holiday TV movie. Let's hope some studio folks with good sense have read "The American St. Nick".

Visit from Saint Nicholas: And Santa Mouse, Too! (Visit from St. Nick)

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A Classic!
The holiday spirit.
Night Before Christmas
Wonderful Version!
Such a Beautiful Story for any age

Visit from Saint Nicholas: And Santa Mouse, Too! (Visit from St. Nick)
Clement Mouse
Manufacturer: Hyperion
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Binding: Hardcover

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ASIN: 0786803126

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Clement C. Moore's beloved poem about Santa's arrival on Christmas Eve has been illustrated by hundreds of artists since its first publication in 1823. Two collectors of antique children's books have selected a variety of these charming pictures from Arthur Rackham, Jessie Willcox Smith, Thomas Nast, and other renowned children's illustrators of the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Most of the images are from versions of the poem; a few are from antique postcards or magazines. Source notes for all the illustrations are included. Santa is dressed differently by each artist, but he is always "chubby and plump--a right jolly old elf" who brings joy to all good little girls and boys. This attractive edition of The Night Before Christmas will be enjoyed most by collectors of children's books or lovers of things Victorian. Youngsters who are already familiar with the poem will delight in comparing the different old-fashioned Santas and the children of long ago "nestled all snug in their beds." A charming holiday gift to leave under the tree on Christmas Eve for anyone who believes in the magic of Santa Claus. (Ages 5 to adult) --Marcie Bovetz

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the classic story of St. Nicholas is presented with charming full-color illustrations

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A Classic! .......2007-08-31

The best illustrations for this classic poem I've ever seen! Wonderful large format - perfect for reading aloud.

The holiday spirit........2007-01-10

This book is exactly what I was looking for. The quality of pictures is both nostalgic and whimsical. The well known story is in print even grandma can read! The holiday spirit is alive and well in this book.

Night Before Christmas.......2006-12-04

This is a great book. I have read the one in the Random House Pictureback series. The illustrations in the book are what really stand out. They are colorful and detailed and go great with the writing. They are some of the best illustrations I have seen in a book. This is a great book to read to younger or childern. The story is great but the illustrations are what really makes it a great childrens book.

Wonderful Version!.......2006-09-08

Some of the reviewers seem confused about which version this is. I am referring to the Random House Pictureback version that is illustrated by Douglas Gorsline (ISBN 0-394-83019-9). The version I am referring to is not abridged or censored. It even includes the line about the pipe and smoke.

The illustrations are stunningly detailed and authentic. They remind me quite a bit of the beautiful illustrations in another children's classic "Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs". Make sure to look for the cat in all the pictures that take place in or around the house! You will never tire of reading this one to your little one! I will warn you, however, that this book might wear out quickly because you will read it so often!

Such a Beautiful Story for any age.......2005-12-22

This is such a beautiful book so elegant in the illustrations & the story or poem is timeless and will never ever get old. No matter how old we get. A must buy for everyones library. We bring it out each year, it just isn't Christmas without reading the Night before Christmas....(& Charlie Brown Christmas)

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Electoral Systems examines the six principal types of electoral systems currently in use in more than 50 of the world's democracies: single member plurality, alternative vote, two-round systems, list, single transferable vote, and the currently fashionable "mixed" systems. A common format is adopted throughout, dealing with explanations of how the system operates and its effects on the political system. The book concludes with three chapters assessing the (systemic and strategic) consequences of electoral systems, the factors behind selecting certain electoral systems over others, and the question of whether there is a "trade-off" between the proportionality and stability.

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One of the best on the subject.......2003-08-23

I recently received this book and read it quite thoroughly. I was very much impressed. Most books on the subject are extremely expensive or unobtainable. And when I saw the book I was surprised by its slimness. But Farrell manages to cover the topic with surprising completeness, describing all the most important systems, giving illustrations of ballots, explanations of the counting procedure in complex systems, and generally doing a complete job.

While I have also recently read Douglas Amy's "Real Choices, New Voices," and was favorably impressed by the explanations in Amy's book, Amy's goal was to sell one particular class of voting system: proportional representation. Therefore Amy minimizes the disadvantages of PR and emphasizes its advantages. While Farrell has his favorite system (and it is one of Amy's preferred systems, as well as one I like), he only mentions it near the very end; Farrell's book is much more impartial and leaves it to the reader to evaluate the various electoral systems, an approach that I prefer.

I very much recommend this book.

An excellent overview.......2001-08-15

This is the best recent overview of comparative election systems accessible to a general readership. It contains information and comparisons that are very hard to come by elsewhere in the political science literature.

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Elections--the processes by which representatives are chosen to vote on our behalf--have come to be accepted as an integral part of most democratic systems. The issue of whether the rules governing the current electoral process are in need of reform provokes perennial debate. In this book, Andrew Reeve and Alan Ware attempt to inform this debate through an analysis of such critical questions as the role an electoral system plays in allocating values in a society, the principles which should be invoked in the analysis of such systems, the significance of the territorial dimension, and the connection between democracy and the electoral process.

These crucial questions are analyzed from both a comparative and a theoretical standpoint. The authors analyze electoral systems in relation to democratic theory, and examine justifications for some aspects of modern electoral rules. They link the study of electoral systems to that of voting systems, and compare parliamentary elections in Britain with the systems of other countries.

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Zoos are places where animals are protected, kept safe from the ravages of the outside world and sheltered from extinction, right? Not necessarily, writes investigative reporter Alan Green, who takes his readers behind the bars in Animal Underworld to tell an unsettling tale of deception and cruelty.

That story opens at a zoo in northern Virginia, one of many such places around the United States in which black bears, once an exotic sight, have become a too-common commodity. Baby bears bring crowds, Green writes; unruly juveniles and listless adults do not. What happens to the bears who cannot contribute to the zoo's overhead? Animal sanctuaries are already overfull; individuals are not allowed to keep bears as pets without hard-to-obtain licenses; and bears raised in cages do not know how to fend for themselves in the wild. There is simply no place for them, Green writes, and the bears have economic worth only for their parts--the claws for jewelry, the flesh for restaurants, the paws for Asian apothecaries.

The nefarious means by which supposedly protected animals--many in danger of disappearing in the wild--are brought to market forms the heart of Green's disturbing report. Some of the country's most important zoos and museums turn up as villains in his pages, and readers will likely never visit such places again without wondering at the fate of the creatures that look out at them from the other side of the cage. --Gregory McNamee

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A vast and previously undisclosed underground economy exists in the United States. The products bought and sold: animals. In Animal Underworld, veteran investigative journalist Alan Green exposes the sleazy, sometimes illegal web of those who trade in rare and exotic creatures. Green and The Center for Public Integrity reveal which American zoos and amusement parks dump their "surplus" animals on the middlemen adept at secretly redirecting them into the private pet trade. We're taken to exotic-animal auctions, where the anonymous high bidders are often notorious dealers, hunting-ranch proprietors, and profit-minded charlatans masquerading as conservationists. We visit some of the nation's most prestigious universities and research laboratories, whose diseased monkeys are "laundered" through this same network of breeders and dealers until they finally reach the homes of unsuspecting pet owners. And we meet the men and women who make their living by skirting through loopholes in the law, or by ignoring the law altogether. For anyone who cares about animals; for pet owners, zoo-goers, wildlife conservationists, and animal welfare advocates, Animal Underworld is gripping, shocking reading.

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Disturbing, but solution is not practical.......2007-01-31

I have read most of this book. I volunteer at the same zoo.

I say I've only read most of the book because I found some parts so disturbing that I had to stop reading. The conditions of animals or the fact that some animals came from big animal parks only to be killed in canned hunts or the fact that some animals were trained to give a paw through a cage only to have the paw cut off and the animal bleed to death was too much for me to take.

So I've read most of the book and took away the horrifying message that not all zoos are telling you the truth. So I started asking detailed questions at the zoo I volunteer at (same one in the book that Mr. Green volunteered for and coincidentally the house right next to the one he volunteered in). When I started in 2000, I brought up my concerns about the animals that were being shipped all over the place and being taken in to the house. Since that time and since this book was published the Species Survival Plan and AZA management has been revitalized. There are distinct destinations for zoo animals. If someone says Lowry Park Zoo is getting a tiger, Lowry Park gets that tiger. Volunteers can even ask to accompany the animals to ensure they get to where they are supposed to be.
The message Mr. Green sends is that zoos should care for thier animals from cradle to grave. That isn't necessarily probable or beneficial for the animals. If you have a male elephant born at a zoo and it does not have a large enough enclosure for a male elephant, the zoo must transfer the animal to another place that has enough space. However, Mr. Green brings up an excellent point that AZA zoos should manage their animals closely from cradle to grave. There is no point in AZA accreditation if you don't have a way to manage animals that works.
Also, the U.S. Government must pay attention to this illegal trade. It makes close to the same amount of money as illegal drugs and there is still no legislation that funds APHIS enough to investigate this trade and shut it down. There is no legislation to stop the killing of wild animals in cages. There is no legislation barring the public from owning exotic animals without the education to care for the exotics. It is 2007 and still no one wants to look at the big elephant in the room.
I recommend this book for the information it has, but not for the solution it gives. Change can happen but by working with zoos, not by protesting them.

Wake up.......2007-01-30

I'm writing this review more as a response to the negative reviews posted here by proponents of the wild animal trade. Some have accused Green of poor research, or making blanket statements about zoos and the wildlife trade, which leads me to wonder if they've even read the book. In fact, one such reviewer admitted not reading it - talk about poor research.

The fact is, the author was a volunteer in one of our nation's most prestigious zoos, and simply became concerned about the animals that were continually being sent to other facilities. He began to research their whereabouts, and was horrified at what he found, prompting him to undertake further investigation.

The book specifically outlines the research and how it was conducted; Green followed paper trails, and that so many papers are forged and so many animals are simply traded illegally without proper paperwork made it a difficult task. Where the author was unable to follow up, he says so quite clearly. That so many of our nation's zoos are directly involved in furthering an animal welfare crisis should be a poor reflection on the zoos, not on the author who points it out.

As to the accusation that Green is trying to convince people that the wildlife trade is illegal, read the book again. He is very clear about what the laws are, and that lack of legislation, vague legislation, and under-staffed and under-funded government agencies are part of the problem. In fact, much of the difficulty in tracking down animals was a result of the incompetence of government agencies.

As an animal welfare professional, I frequently use this book as a reference, but I also do my own research (directly, not "3rd and 4th hand"), and it's very clear that the wild animal trade is out of control in this country, creating an animal welfare disaster and a very real threat to public health. Of course the exotic animal breeders, including those who have left reviews here, don't want you to read this book - it threatens their livelihood. If their real concern was animal welfare or conservation, they wouldn't be breeding animals and selling them for profit. Pay close attention to what they say - when they start talking about their rights as animal owners, it's clear whose welfare they're really concerned with. My personal opinion is that simply being human does not endow us with the natural right to possess wild animals, and there are plenty of ethical ways to enjoy them and even profit from them without exploiting or abusing them.

I also must question the integrity of a person who would read a book cover to cover in a book store rather than paying for it. Would you want people to abuse your exotic animals without paying for them first? Try the library next time.

No book is perfect, but this one is worth your time. Don't just take what it says at face value - do your own research; check out the facilities Green mentions; try to follow some of the paper trails yourself; go to an accredited wildlife sanctuary and ask where the animals came from. Then draw your own conclusions, and decide what role you'll play.

A tragic and shocking truth.......2007-01-14

To those of us who don't always hear the truth about what happens to exotic animals in the "pet" trade, in zoos, at hunting parks, or other places, this book is a wonderfully enlightening read. Meticulously researched, the author uncovers what really happens to the thousands of animals that end up as surplus from zoos and other breeders. You might think twice before visiting an exotic game park or zoo after reading this book. Other readers who breed exotic animals for profit as pets overlook the point that the author is trying to make: wild animals are not domesticated animals, nor should they be ripped out of the wild, bred, sold and bought for a profit. The horrible lives in small cages that many of these animals endure is not worth the "fun" one might have viewing them at a zoo or keeping them as a pet. Exotic animals do not make good pets and would be better off in the wild with their own kind, rather than behind our cage bars for our viewing pleasure.

please contact me reasearch re- this book.......2006-05-29

I have read all your reviews with great interest i am a student in the u.k studying BSc (Hons) Animal Behaviour i will be starting my final year in sept 06 and during the summer holiday i will carrying out research for my final dissertation project and i would like to hear from anyone who has experience of owning an exotic species or who knows someone that has.I would like to hear from the vet teche in florida regarding state laws there but no email address on your amazon profile. I can be contacted on imartra@hotmail.com or on MSN messenger. thanks Catherine

The Only Good Pet Monkey is a Pet Sea Monkey.......2004-01-17

There is no doubt that there is a huge, lucrative, underground trade in exotics, and that many of the people involved in it are unethical scumbags. Of course, not ALL individuals who own exotic pets are nasty: some of them are conscientious and care enough to be well-informed about the species they choose to own.

But the author of this book provides an important service to the public. Green sheds light into the dark corners of the exotics business, part of which involves shuffling zoo and research animals to canned hunt facilities or roadside petting zoos. It all works through middlemen who assure legitimate keepers that their surplus animals are going to qualified handlers, when in fact they are often laundered through pet auctions or given to animal collectors who abandon them at the first sign of difficult behavior or ill health.

Take monkeys and apes. They're cute and smart, but mishandling can create a strong, deranged primate that will pose very real risks to anyone not familiar with their needs. Also, they harbor all kinds of diseases that are a direct threat to public health, and some that haven't jumped the species barrier yet but, in the future, may do so. Hardly any sanctuaries exist that can care for them once they are no longer needed for research or public display. What should we, as a society that frowns on animal cruelty, do for them?

Anyone who is interested in exotics, animal-based research, or even visiting the zoo should read this book. Yes, Green almost exclusively discusses the creepy side of the issue. But he also describes some very ethically-run sancutaries and some individuals in the zoo and research sectors who truly care for their charges' welfare.

As for owning exotic pets, I personally think there are some people who actually are qualified to do so. Who decides those qualifications? That's another issue. Also, "exotics" include everything from hedgehogs and sugar gliders to tigers and the great apes. I've owned the former two, and found them to be sweet little companion animals. (But if someone offered me a giraffe, I'm afraid I would have to decline.) Not all exotics are totally inappropriate for all people. But some exotics are totally inappropriate for most people.

I do think that certain surplus zoo animals should be euthanized rather than forced to live out their remaining years in misery. I also think that the surplus itself should be examined: why aren't certain species more aggressively sterilized? And, I think all zoo and research animals should be microchipped so that they can be tracked once they leave their original home.

Green isn't afraid to name names and cite specific examples of cruelty. I know there are readers who are angry about what he wrote, and dispute his findings, but they haven't countered with any specifics that undermine this book. If any of his critics can prove that the incidents Green discusses didn't happen, then I'd like to hear about it.

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Animal Underworld: Inside America's Black Market for Rare and Exotic Species.: An article from: Endangered Species Update
Joel T. Heinen
Manufacturer: University of Michigan, School of Natural Resources
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Binding: Digital
ASIN: B0008JALHK
Release Date: 2005-07-28

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This digital document is an article from Endangered Species Update, published by University of Michigan, School of Natural Resources on November 1, 2000. The length of the article is 881 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Animal Underworld: Inside America's Black Market for Rare and Exotic Species.
Author: Joel T. Heinen
Publication: Endangered Species Update (Newsletter)
Date: November 1, 2000
Publisher: University of Michigan, School of Natural Resources
Volume: 17 Issue: 6 Page: 132

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