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Description: |
xxv, 350 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm |
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Bibliography Note: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 313-342) and index. |
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Contents Note: |
Contents: Divergent evolution -- Shark of the plains -- Last of the lobos -- Those that remained -- The 1970s and 1980s -- Setting the stage -- Controlling the message -- Shooting a dinosaur -- Discounting reports -- Planning process -- Taxonomic distinction -- Reintroduction and litigation -- Judicial howlings -- Killing wild wolves -- Downes's decision -- The appeal -- Friends of the court -- Legal maneuvers -- The Canadians can stay -- Indian dogs -- Protected predator -- Night of the wolves -- Terrorist attack -- Watching wolves -- Testimony -- Elk woes -- Compensation fraud -- Dead wolf -- Federal trespass -- Compounding problems -- Higher court -- Canine aggression -- Pandora's box -- Epilogue. |
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Summary, Etc. Note: |
Summary: Provides a unique perspective on what is one of the most visible and contentious wildlife management experiments taking place in the American West today. |
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Elect. Loc./Access: |
Table of contents http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/ecip0824/2008032257.html |
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Additional Information at Google Books http://books.google.com/books?isbn=9780939923700 |