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

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

Robinson, Michael

Paperback

General Political ScienceOther AnimalsRegional: West

ISBN10: 0870818198
ISBN13: 9780870818196
Publisher: Univ Pr Of Colorado
Published: Nov 15 2005
Pages: 494
Weight: 1.45
Height: 1.02 Width: 6.42 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
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.

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