Varmints and Victims : Predator Control in the American West /

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"Unlike books that have focused on the extinction or eradication of one particular animal in the West (such as buffalo, wolves, or bears), Frank Van Nuys's book is the first comprehensive examination of predatory control efforts in the West. Focusing primarily on wolves, coyotes, mountain...

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Autor principal: Van Nuys, Frank, 1961-
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lawrence, Kansas : University Press of Kansas, 2015.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Wolves > Control.
Predatory animals > Control > Government policy.
Predatory animals > Control.
Grizzly bear > Control.
Coyote > Control.
HISTORY > United States > General.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Environmental Policy.
Grizzly bear > Control > West (U.S.)
Puma > Control > West (U.S.)
Coyote > Control > West (U.S.)
Wolves > Control > West (U.S.)
Predatory animals > Control > Government policy > West (U.S.)
Predatory animals > Control > West (U.S.)
West United States.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 1. "The wolves we saw them everywhere"
  • 2. "Constant warfare waged against them"
  • 3. "Economically injurious species of the fauna"
  • 4. "Biologically unsound and exceedingly dangerous"
  • 5. "The fundamental naturalness of predation"
  • 6. "The grand opera of primitive nature"
  • 7. "A splendid game animal"
  • Epilogue: "It's nice to have them around."

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