Teaser Tuesday #1

 

Teaser Tuesdays is a weekly bookish meme, hosted by MizB of Should Be Reading. Anyone can play along! Just do the following:

• Grab your current read
• Open to a random page
• Share two (2) “teaser” sentences from somewhere on that page
• BE CAREFUL NOT TO INCLUDE SPOILERS! (make sure that what you share doesn’t give too much away! You don’t want to ruin the book for others!)
• Share the title & author, too, so that other TT participants can add the book to their TBR Lists if they like your teasers!

 

 

 

 

Summary:

 

When Lawrence Anthony learned that the northern white rhino, living in the war-ravaged Congo, was on the very brink of extinction, he knew he had to act. If the world lost the sub-species, it would be the largest land mammal since the woolly mammoth to go extinct. In The Last Rhinos, Anthony recounts his attempts to save these remarkable animals.
The demand for rhino horns in the Far East has turned poaching into a dangerous black market that threatens the lives of not just these rare beasts, but also the rangers who protect them.
The northern white rhino’s last refuge was in an area controlled by the infamous Lord’s Resistance Army, one of the most vicious rebel groups in the world. In the face of unmoving government bureaucracy, Anthony made a perilous journey deep into the jungle to try to find and convince them to help save the rhino.
An inspiring story of conservation in the face of brutal war and bureaucratic quagmires, The Last Rhinos will move animal lovers everywhere.
Summary & Cover taken from Goodreads.com

Length: 336 Pages (Hardcover)

Source: Toronto Public Library

Available Formats: Print/E-book

       Publication Date: July 3rd 2012 by Thomas Dunne Books

 

My Teaser:

 

Chapter 3 p. 22

"Françoise was followed by the dogs, Bijou, her snooty little Maltese poodle, my immediate superior in the household pecking order, deigned to give me a brief acknowledgement. Bijou believed, with good reason, that as far as Françoise was concerned she was the most important life form on the game reserve, and conducted herself accordingly."

 

I absolutely love reading about the late Lawrence Anthony's conservation works because he talks about the whole journey of what he wants to accomplish and shares much of his private life with the reader.