02848nam 2200661 a 450 991045684080332120200520144314.00-8214-4360-7(CKB)2550000000036396(EBL)1743684(OCoLC)884016868(SSID)ssj0000536999(PQKBManifestationID)11369517(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000536999(PQKBWorkID)10552495(PQKB)10707569(MiAaPQ)EBC1743684(OCoLC)742512864(MdBmJHUP)muse9485(Au-PeEL)EBL1743684(CaPaEBR)ebr10472399(ScCtBLL)c293ba59-c84a-44f4-ae42-85386f460ae3(EXLCZ)99255000000003639620091008d2009 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe game of conservation[electronic resource] international treaties to protect the world's migratory animals /Mark CiocAthens Ohio University Pressc20091 online resource (281 p.)Ohio University Press series in ecology and historyDescription based upon print version of record.0-8214-1866-1 0-8214-1867-X Includes bibliographical references and index.Africa's apartheid parks -- The North American bird war -- The Antarctic whale massacre. The Game of Conservation is a brilliantly crafted and highly readable examination of nature protection around the world. Twentieth-century nature conservation treaties often originated as attempts to regulate the pace of killing rather than as attempts to protect animal habitat. Some were prompted by major breakthroughs in firearm techniques, such as the invention of the elephant gun and grenade harpoons, but agricultural development was at least as important as hunting regulations in determining the fate of migratory species. The treaties had many defects, yet they also served the goal of cOhio University Press series in ecology and history.Migratory animalsConservationInternational cooperationWildlife conservation (International law)Animal welfareLaw and legislationTreatiesElectronic books.Migratory animalsConservationInternational cooperation.Wildlife conservation (International law)Animal welfareLaw and legislation.Treaties.591.56/8Cioc Mark884847MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910456840803321The game of conservation1975801UNINA