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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-188) and index. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Part I. The war -- The battlefield -- Predators, people, and prey : impacts and interactions -- Food : an inseparable connection -- Perceptions that fuel the paradox -- Part II. Detente. The phenomenon of fright : disruptive stimuli -- Personality and peer pressure -- Of spiked donuts and turbo-charged flagging : testing aversive stimuli -- Close, but not too close : altering territories -- Animal husbandry : sometimes it's about money, sometimes it's not -- The power of emotion and the need for knowledge. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Summary: An expert in wildlife management outlines examples of successful practices of non-lethal mammal predator management, revealing how tens of thousands of threatened predators are euthanized annually and how to change current approaches to protect ecosystems and human needs. |
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Additional Information at Google Books http://books.google.com/books?isbn=9780807084960 |