![]() Smuggling them brings in millions of dollars of ill-gotten profits each year. ![]() And if you think butterflies are unimportant bugs, think again. Fish and Wildlife Service and the monumental obstacles it faces in an attempt to uphold the law and to protect wildlife. She builds suspense chapter by chapter as she shares her knowledge of the U.S. In her research for the book, she met and talked with Kojima several times- almost succumbing to the man's charm herself. Fish and Wildlife Agent Rachel Porter, is a freelance journalist specializing in wildlife enforcement issues. ![]() ![]() Jessica Speart, author of a mystery series featuring U.S. Something tells me that it was much more than that. Perhaps it was the setting in which I chose to read this book- outside in my back garden being able to watch butterflies floating from flower to flower- that made it have such an impact on me. The wily Japanese was an environmental nightmare, able to "acquire endangered butterflies that not even museums or university collections could obtain." Fish and Wildlife Agent Ed Newcomer's three-year-long quest to nab Hisayoshi Kojima, the "one-man demolition derby" of butterfly collecting. ![]() This book is the best of all possible worlds: non-fiction that is eye-opening, mind-blowing, and reads like the best fiction. Title: Winged Obsession: The Pursuit of the World's Most Notorious Butterfly Smugglerįirst Line: "Hey, what does your guy look like again?" ![]()
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