The predator paradox
Subtitle: ending the war with wolves, bears, cougars, and coyotes
By: John A. Shivik
Publisher: Beacon Press
Published: 2014
Language: eng
Number of pages: 196
ISBN-13: 9780807084960
Subjects: Predatory animals; Predation (Biology); Human-animal relationships; Control
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Part I.The war; title: The battlefield; title: Predators, people, and prey : impacts and interactions; title: Food : an inseparable connection; title: Perceptions that fuel the paradox; title: Part II. Detente. The phenomenon of fright : disruptive stimuli; title: Personality and peer pressure; title: Of spiked donuts and turbo-charged flagging : testing aversive stimuli; title: Close, but not too close : altering territories; title: Animal husbandry : sometimes it's about money, sometimes it's not; title: The power of emotion and the need for knowledge.