How to endear yourself to local spies

While researching Inside the Zanzibar Attack story for Daily Beast I spent a lot of time in Stone Town at Baboo cafe, near the scene of the attack, where two men on a Vespa threw acid at two 18-year old British girls. The cafe, decorated with Zanzibar beds, pillows, and safari camp chairs, was filled […]

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Inside Tanzania’s Ivory Room

Newsweek | The Economics of Extinction | Margot Kiser | video footage of rhino darting and horn amputation on THE DAILY BEAST TV NOTES from visit – The red antique scale probably older than the tusks it weighs. A foot long tusk labeled ‘CITES 0090009 KILIMANJARO – 4/10’ belonged to a sub-adult elephant, probably five […]

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The Economics of Extinction | Margot Kiser | Newsweek

The Economics of Extinction: Africa’s Elephants and Rhinos in Danger | Margot Kiser Jan 29, 2013 12:00 AM EST How long before Africa’s rhinos and elephants are wiped out in the wild? You wouldn’t think a room as big as a warehouse could feel this airless — not even a maximum-security warehouse, like this one. […]

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