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200 14$aThe game of conservation$b[electronic resource] $einternational treaties to protect the world's migratory animals /$fMark Cioc
210   $aAthens $cOhio University Press$dc2009
215   $a1 online resource (281 p.)
225 1 $aOhio University Press series in ecology and history
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-8214-1866-1 
311   $a0-8214-1867-X 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $aAfrica's apartheid parks -- The North American bird war -- The Antarctic whale massacre.
330   $a The Game of Conservation is a brilliantly crafted and highly readable examination of nature protection around the world.  Twentieth-century nature conservation treaties often originated as attempts to regulate the pace of killing rather than as attempts to protect animal habitat. Some were prompted by major breakthroughs in firearm techniques, such as the invention of the elephant gun and grenade harpoons, but agricultural development was at least as important as hunting regulations in determining the fate of migratory species. The treaties had many defects, yet they also served the goal of c
410  0$aOhio University Press series in ecology and history.
606   $aMigratory animals$xConservation$xInternational cooperation
606   $aWildlife conservation (International law)
606   $aAnimal welfare$xLaw and legislation
606   $aTreaties
608   $aElectronic books.
615  0$aMigratory animals$xConservation$xInternational cooperation.
615  0$aWildlife conservation (International law)
615  0$aAnimal welfare$xLaw and legislation.
615  0$aTreaties.
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