Return of the Grizzly: Sharing the Range with Yellowstone's Top Predator
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| Rating | : | 4.56 (941 Votes) |
| Asin | : | B06XWGP5BL |
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| Number of Pages | : | 111 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2014-10-13 |
| Language | : | English |
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She resides in Pinedale, Wyoming. A former reporter and newspaper owner, she is editor and co-owner of The Shepherd magazine, a national sheep and goat industry publication. She has raised and worked with livestock guardian dogs in large carnivore country for decades, and she has coauthored several papers about their use. . Cat Urbigkit is an award-winning author and photographer with three adult nonfiction titles and seven nonfi
No longer limited to remote wilderness areas, grizzlies now roam throughout the region—in state parks, school playgrounds, residential subdivisions, on farms and ranches, and in towns and cities throughout the region.Return of the Grizzly tells the story of the successful effort to recover this large carnivore, the policy changes and disputes between bear managers and bear advocates, and for the first time, provides insight to what recovery means for the people who now live with grizzlies across a broad landscape. Human–bear interactions, grizzly attacks and deaths, avoiding attacks, effects on agriculture, wildlife protesters, the consequences of bear habituation, and more are all covered.. Conflicts arise when humans and grizzlies are forced into close quarters.The Yellowstone grizzly population has grown from an estimated 136 bears when first granted federal protection as a threatened species to as many as 1,000 grizzlies in a tri-state region today. From cowboys on horseback chased by a charging grizzly, and grizzlies claiming game animals downed by human hunters, to the numerous self-defense killing of grizzlies that oc
She has raised and worked with livestock guardian dogs in large carnivore country for decades, and she has coauthored several papers about their use. About the AuthorCat Urbigkit is an award-winning author and photographer with three adult nonfiction titles and seven nonfiction photo essays for children in print. A former reporter and newspaper owner, she is editor and co-owner of The Shepherd magazine, a national sheep and goat industry publication. . She resides in Pinedale, Wyoming