Predatory Bureaucracy: The Extermination of Wolves and the Transformation of the West - Softcover

Robinson, Michael

 
9780870818196: Predatory Bureaucracy: The Extermination of Wolves and the Transformation of the West
Softcover
ISBN 10: 0870818198 ISBN 13: 9780870818196
Verlag: Univ of Chicago behalf of UP Colorado, 2005

Inhaltsangabe

Predatory Bureaucracy is the definitive history of America's wolves and our policies toward predators. Tracking wolves from the days of the conquistadors to the present, author Michael Robinson shows that their story merges with that of the U.S. Bureau of Biological Survey. This federal agency was chartered to research insects and birds but - because of various pressures - morphed into a political powerhouse dedicated to killing wolves and other wildlife.

Robinson follows wolves' successful adaptation to the arrival of explorers, mountain men, and bounty hunters, through their disastrous century-long entanglement with the federal government. He shares the parallel story of the Biological Survey's rise, detailing the personal, social, geographic, and political forces that allowed it to thrive despite opposition from hunters, animal lovers, scientists, environmentalists, and presidents.

Federal predator control nearly eliminated wolves throughout the United States and Mexico and radically changed American lands and wildlife populations. It undercut the livelihoods of countless homestead families in order to benefit an emerging western elite of livestock owners. The extermination of predators led to problems associated with prey overpopulation, but, as Robinson reveals, extermination and control programs still continue. Predatory Bureaucracy will fascinate readers interested in wildlife, ecosystems, agriculture, and environmental politics.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Michael J. Robinson is carnivore conservation coordinator for the Center for Biological Diversity. He lives in New Mexico.

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Verlag
Univ of Chicago behalf of UP Colorado
Erscheinungsdatum
2005
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0870818198
ISBN 13 
9780870818196
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Anzahl der Seiten
473
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