Hunter and Hunted: Relationships Between Carnivores and People Tapa dura - 2002

Humans have mixed emotions concerning carnivores. We admire them as beautiful hunters, cosset them as pets, and use their pelts and other products in clothing, medicines and cosmetics. However, they are also responsible for killing us and our livestock, carry disease and compete with us for space and food. While some advocate the conservation of predators such as wolves and tigers, others see them as vermin and want them gone. In this book, Hans Kruuk, a life-long naturalist with a passion for predators tells the fascinating story of carnivores and our intricate relationships with them. Illustrated with specially commissioned drawings, it deals with the wild beauty of carnivores and their conservation, but also with furs and medicine, man-eaters and sheep-killers, explaining in simple terms what the role of carnivores is in nature, how this impacts on human lives, our art and literature, how we instinctively respond to them and why.

Detalles

• Título Hunter and Hunted: Relationships Between Carnivores and People
• Autor Hans Kruuk; Kruuk Hans; H. Kruuk
• Encuadernación Tapa dura
• Edición First Edition
• Páginas 262
• Volúmenes 1
• Idioma ENG
• Editorial Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
• Fecha de publicación 2002-09-30
• Ilustrado Sí
• Features Bibliography, Illustrated, Index
• ISBN 9780521814102 / 0521814103
• Peso 1.22 libras (0.55 kg)
• Dimensiones 9 x 6 x 0.75 pulgadas (22.86 x 15.24 x 1.91 cm)
• Temas
  • Topical: Ecology
• Library of Congress subjects Human-animal relationships, Carnivora - Behavior
• Número de catálogo de la Librería del Congreso de EEUU 2002016589
• Dewey Decimal Code 599.715