Hunter and Hunted Relationship

Relationships Between Carnivores and People

Hans Kruuk

246 pages, parution le 25/10/2002

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Résumé

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.

Contents

Preface
1. Turning the other cheek
2. Carnivore society: hermits and communes
3. The quarry of the hunter
4. Man the hunted
5. Competitors and carriers
6. History of a conflict
7. What is the use? 8. Wolves with human souls: pets
9. Carnivores and neighbours: effects on prey
10. Crying wolf: anti-predator behaviour
11. Carnivores in culture
12. The future
Epilogue
References.

Caractéristiques techniques

	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Cambridge University Press
Auteur(s)	Hans Kruuk
Parution	25/10/2002
Nb. de pages	246
Format	15 x 22,5
Couverture	Broché
Poids	455g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780521891097
ISBN13	978-0-521-89109-7