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To Save the Wild Bison

- Life on the Edge in Yellowstone
Af: Mary Ann Franke Engelsk Hardback

To Save the Wild Bison

- Life on the Edge in Yellowstone
Af: Mary Ann Franke Engelsk Hardback
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Although the American bison was saved from near-extinction in the nineteenth century, today almost all herds are managed like livestock. The Yellowstone area is the only place in the United States where wild bison have been present since before the first Euro-Americans arrived. But these bison pose risks to property and people when they roam outside the park, including the possibility that they can spread the abortion-inducing disease brucellosis to cattle. Yet measures to constrain the population threaten their status as wild animals.Mary Ann Franke's To Save the Wild Bison is the first book to examine the ecological and political aspects of the bison controversy and how it reflects changing attitudes toward wildlife. The debate has evoked strong emotions from all sides, including park officials, environmentalists, livestock growers, and American Indians. In describing political compromises among competing positions, Franke does not so much champion a cause as critique the process by which federal and state officials have made and carried out bison management policies. She shows that science, however valuable a tool, cannot by itself resolve what is ultimately a choice among conflicting values.
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Although the American bison was saved from near-extinction in the nineteenth century, today almost all herds are managed like livestock. The Yellowstone area is the only place in the United States where wild bison have been present since before the first Euro-Americans arrived. But these bison pose risks to property and people when they roam outside the park, including the possibility that they can spread the abortion-inducing disease brucellosis to cattle. Yet measures to constrain the population threaten their status as wild animals.Mary Ann Franke's To Save the Wild Bison is the first book to examine the ecological and political aspects of the bison controversy and how it reflects changing attitudes toward wildlife. The debate has evoked strong emotions from all sides, including park officials, environmentalists, livestock growers, and American Indians. In describing political compromises among competing positions, Franke does not so much champion a cause as critique the process by which federal and state officials have made and carried out bison management policies. She shows that science, however valuable a tool, cannot by itself resolve what is ultimately a choice among conflicting values.
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Sprog: Engelsk
Sider: 368
ISBN-13: 9780806136837
Indbinding: Hardback
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ISBN-10: 0806136839
Udg. Dato: 30 sep 2005
Længde: 31mm
Bredde: 240mm
Højde: 161mm
Forlag: University of Oklahoma Press
Oplagsdato: 30 sep 2005
Forfatter(e): Mary Ann Franke
Forfatter(e) Mary Ann Franke


Kategori Bevaring af vilde dyr og habitater


ISBN-13 9780806136837


Sprog Engelsk


Indbinding Hardback


Sider 368


Udgave


Længde 31mm


Bredde 240mm


Højde 161mm


Udg. Dato 30 sep 2005


Oplagsdato 30 sep 2005


Forlag University of Oklahoma Press