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| To Save The Wild Bison: Life On The Edge In Yellowstone | 
| Author: Mary Ann Franke
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Category: Book
List Price: $29.95
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Avg. Customer Rating:  1 reviews
Sales Rank: 888094
Media: Hardcover
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 328
Shipping Weight (lbs): 1.2
Dimensions (in): 9.1 x 6.2 x 1
ISBN: 0806136839
Dewey Decimal Number: 333.9596430978752
EAN: 9780806136837
ASIN: 0806136839
Publication Date: August 30, 2005
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Good history of bison policy in Yellowstone January 5, 2008
2 out of 2 found this review helpful
In the 1990s, many people were horrified by TV pictures of hunters and Montana state officials shooting bison as they wandered out of Yellowstone National Park. Acting on behalf of its ranching industry, which fears that bison - - but, interestingly, not elk - - will transmit brucellosis to their cattle. Over a thousand bison have been killed this way in the last decade or so.
If you want to know how we ended up in this position, this is the book for you. Franke provides a history of Yellowstone's bison, park management of those bison, and the policies of other federal and state agencies that have led to the annual bison slaughter. She covers the topic well, and takes a critical stance toward all the players involved.
Though Franke makes her own views clear, there is enough information her for you to disagree with her - - the mark of a good book, to my mind.
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