Team Rodent

Team Rodent

Infobox Book
name = Team Rodent
title_orig =
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image_caption = Paperback book cover
author = Carl Hiaasen
illustrator =
cover_artist = Ruth Ross
country = United States
language = English
series =
subject =
genre = Nonfiction
publisher = The Ballantine Publishing Group
release_date = May, 1998
media_type = Print (Paperback), Audio Cassette
pages = 96
isbn = ISBN 978-0345422804 (Paperback edition)
preceded_by =
followed_by =

"Team Rodent" is a non-fiction book written by Carl Hiaasen about the Walt Disney Company and its stance towards the outside world. The book's primary focus is on non-film related Disney enterprises such as Disney World and their effects on the environment and local culture.

Themes and criticisms

* Disregard for the natural world
** The draining/refilling of Disney World's Bay Lake and deforestation of the surrounding area in order to make the lake's water blue instead of the former natural brown color.
** The abuse and accused killing of a flock of wild black buzzards nesting in Discovery Island
** The death of an endangered black rhinoceros en route to Disney's yet-to-be-opened Animal Kingdom
** The draining and bulldozing of over convert|47|sqmi|km2 of Florida wetlands and other habitats in order to build the Disney World themepark and resort
* Lack of respect for native culture
** The refusal to sell wine and let employees have facial hair and wear cosmetics during the early years of Eurodisney.
** The purchase and conversion of Gorda Cay, a notorious drug-smuggling island in the Bahamas, into Castaway Cay, a resort island and rest area for the Disney cruise line.
** The opening of a reproduction of Key West in Disney World, an afternoon's drive from the actual city.
** The attempted construction of an American History themed park six miles (10 km) from civil war memorial Manassas, Virginia
* Self-government
** The formation of the Reedy Creek Improvement District, a state-recognized governing jurisdiction containing Disney World and Disney's subsequent control over local police forces, utilities, and other municipal services

ee also

*The Walt Disney Company
*Disney World
*Michael Eisner
*Reedy Creek Improvement District


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