Wolves in Russia
Anxiety Through the Ages
- Publisher
- Brush Education
- Initial publish date
- Jan 2007
- Category
- Wolves, Environmental Conservation & Protection
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9781550593327
- Publish Date
- Jan 2007
- List Price
- $19.95
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Description
This book compiles over 50 years of research on the history of Russian wolves to challenge North American notions about the nature of these controversial animals. It contends that populations and densities of wolves are best controlled by human intervention. The author establishes that wolves prey on healthy, well fed animals—not simply on weak, crippled, or diseased ones—and engage in surplus killing. Moreover, wide-ranging wolves spread parasites and diseases to game and domestic animals; some of these diseases and parasites also endanger humans.
Wolves in Russia will ignite a lively discussion in North America about how the Russian experiences with wolves should bear upon current wolf conservation and protection policies.
About the authors
Biologist Valerius Geist is emeritus professor in the Faculty of Environmental Design at the University of Calgary. The author of numerous books, including Deer of the World: Their Evolution, Behavior, and Ecology and Buffalo Nation: History and Legend of the North American Bison, he first articulated The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation in 1995.
