Taylor, Theodore. Lord of the kill

Taylor, Theodore. Lord of the Kill. Scholastic, 2002 [0-439-33725-9]
Sixteen-year-old Ben lives on a big cat preserve. His father who runs the place is a controversial animal rights defender who has angered a lot of people. One of the things Ben's father campaigns against is canned hunts. Where rich people pay big bucks to shoot a caged wild animal for a trophy. The story opens with Ben running the preserve in the absence of his parents who have gone on a National Geographic expedition. One morning a young lady's body is found in one of the compounds of jaguars. This is the just the start of problems Ben has to deal with.. including the disappearance of his parents, and the kidnapping of their largest tiger, a Siberian. There is plenty of mystery and suspense in this 246 page book along with the reader learning about "canned hunts."