Title: Well Written and Still Relevant
Product review: Nicholas Gordon deftly takes the reader through a real-life web of intrigue that runs from the lowest level poacher's assistant all the way up to the highest levels of the Tanzanian government. The problems of funding, manpower, and loyalty that plague the wardens who protect the wildlife are all carefully explored and often vividly illustrated by the situations that Gordon finds himself in. This book is full of unforgettable stories, such as the one about the warden who built a landing strip in the middle of the jungle without the benefit of any machinery, and the story of the nerve-wracking flight that Gordon and his guide take across the jungle in an aged, rickety Cessna that had been already been crashed once, by the same pilot who is flying them at that moment. The poaching described by Gordon is still a problem in Tanzania, and I expect that Gordon's documentation and analysis of the problem is still relevant.
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