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Location	Call #	Volume	Status
Sherman Library	QL758 .S54 2014		AVAILABLE

Author	Shivik, John A.
Title	The predator paradox : ending the war with wolves, bears, cougars, and coyotes / John A. Shivik.
OCLC	856977310
ISBN	9780807084960 (hardcover : alk. paper)
	0807084964 (hardcover : alk. paper)
	9780807084977 (ebook : alk. paper)
ISBN/ISSN	11084372
Publisher	Boston : Beacon Press, [2014]
	�2014.
Description	196 pages ; 23 cm
LC Subject heading/s	Predation (Biology) -- North America.
	Predatory animals -- Control -- North America.
	Human-animal relationships -- North America.
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-188) and index.
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 doughnuts 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.
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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