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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 Author:Michael J. Robinson, Michael Robinson Predatory Bureaucracy is the definitive history of Americas wolves and our policies toward predators. Tracking wolves from Coronados day 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... more »51;because of various pressures-morphed into a political powerhouse operating wildlife--extermination programs. Drawing on deep research and wide reading, Robinson's vivid narrative follows the wolves from the eras of explorers, mountain men, and bounty hunters through the wolves' 120-year entanglement with the federal government. He shares the parallel story of the Survey's rise, detailing the personal and political forces that allowed extermination programs to continuedespite opposition from hunters, animal lovers, scientists, environmentalists, and presidentsthough the agency's mission and even its name changed several times. Federal predator control nearly eliminated wolves throughout the United States and Mexico and radically changed American lands and wildlife populations. The story Michael Robinson tells in Predatory Bureaucracy will fascinate readers interested in wildlife, nature, agriculture, and environmental politics.« less