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PhotographersAgainst

WildlifeCrime™(special

EnglishandChinese

edition)canbeorderedat

bit.ly/pawcbook.

Co-editors/ project

creators:Britta

Jaschinski/Keith

Wilson.Writer:Keith

Wilson.Designer:David

Griffin.Introduction:

RosamundKidman

CoxOBE.Afterword:

JimBrandenburg.

Printer:F&WDruck&

Mediencenter,Germany

photographersagainst

wildlifecrime.com

THE PHOTOGRAPHERS

Aaron Gekoski

Adam Oswell

Adrian Steirn

Brent Stirton

Brian Skerry

Britta Jaschinski

Bruno D’Amicis

Charlie Hamilton James

Chris Packham

Christian Ziegler

Daniel Beltrá

Jim Brandenburg

Joan de la Malla

Jo-Anne McArthur

Johan Marais

Karl Ammann

Klaus Nigge

Marie-Claire Greve

Michael ‘Nick’ Nichols

Neil Aldridge

Ole J Liodden

Patrick Brown

Paul Hilton

Peter Chadwick

RoyMangersnes

Shangzhen Fan

Steve Winter

Sudhir Shivaram

Thomas P Peschak

TimLaman

Tony Wu

Vincent Munier

Xiaoqun Zheng

Yongqing Bao

Hopefully,thesepicturesmake

themandtheirpeersthinkagain.

Positiveengagement

Sofar,ourengagementwithChina

hasprovedpositiveandwehave

sinceaddedtwonewcontributors,

theChinesephotographers

YongqingBaoandShangzhenFan.

Bothwerecategorywinnersinthe

2019 WildlifePhotographerofthe

Yearawards,withYongqing

receivingthecovetedgrandprize,

thefirstChineseentranttodosoin

thecompetition’s55-yearhistory.

Thesuccessofthesephotographers

combinedwiththebreakthrough

coverageofthebookinChinahas

leftBrittaandI feelingmore

positiveaboutseeinganendtothe

illegalwildlifetradeinourlifetime.

It is a view shared by Brent Stirton,

who recently remarked: ‘I think this

book started as one thing and then

took on a life of its own as more

photographers signed up and their

work was seen by a wider audience.

The fact that this book made it into

China and has been well received

genuinely gives me hope that

educating the Chinese as to the

consequences of some of their

choicescaneventually save many

ofourpreciousremaining animals.

Wecan’tdemonisepeople who

havenograspofthat.This book

helpstomoveuscloser to

understandingtrade,consumption

andconsequence.That has to be a

goodthing.’

Thankfully,through the power of

photographydemonstrated by every

contributortoPhotographers

AgainstWildlifeCrime, there are

newsignsofmoreconcerted efforts

toendthetrade.It is a view backed

upbySteveWinter:‘Being a part of

a groupofpassionatededicated

photographerslikePhotographers

AgainstWildlifeCrime is a real

honour.Thehardestpart – putting

thispassionintorealworld change

• happenswhenyoustand together
  and in one voice speak for the ones
  without a voice. Britta and Keith
  have taken our message and lit a fire
  of concern and a desire to bring
  about change in China, where much
  of the species are being consumed.
  This is nothing short of incredible
  and we as a group are proud our
  images can win for the animals


• if we stand as a group and
  work together.’

Beijing-based magazine Esquire
China, with no fewer than ten pages
of extracts. Esquire’s audience
mostly consists of aspiring,
professional-class men with plenty
of disposable income, some of whom
may view the conspicuous
consumption of wildlife products
such as shark fin soup, or hangover
tonics made from rhino horn, as
expressions of wealth and status.

© BRITTA JASCHINSKI / PHOTOGRAPHERS AGAINST WILDLIFE CRIME™

© PHOTOGRAPHERS AGAINST WILDLIFE CRIME™

Above: Leopard and

tiger heads – a

fraction of the 1.3

million confiscated

wildlife items stored

by the US Fish and

Wildlife Service