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• catalog abstract "Publisher Description (unedited publisher data) 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.".
• catalog contributor b12613821.
• catalog created "2002.".
• catalog date "2002".
• catalog date "2002.".
• catalog dateCopyrighted "2002.".
• catalog description "Includes bibliographical references (p. 227-240) and index.".
• catalog description "Publisher Description (unedited publisher data) 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.".
• catalog description "Turning the other cheek -- Conundrum -- What is a carnivore? -- Carnivore groups in the modern world -- Vulnerability -- Carnivore society: hermits and communes -- Social systems, groups and territories -- Collaborators in the hunt -- Society -- Resources and territories -- The quarry of the hunter -- Carnivore diet and hunting behaviour -- Diet -- Hunting behaviour -- Surplus killing and caching -- Man the hunted -- Maneaters -- Tiger -- Leopard -- Lion -- Cougar -- Spotted hyaena -- Bears -- Wolf -- Domestic and captive animals -- Predation on people: a synthesis -- Competitors and carriers -- Predation on game and livestock -- In pursuit of game -- Killing livestock -- Transmitting disease to people and livestock -- Other damage from carnivores -- History of a conflict -- Carnivores and the first hominids -- Predation on early mankind -- Early carnivores -- Hunting and scavenging in early hominid evolution -- Carnivore extinctions and Homo -- What is the use? -- Carnivores as food, for medicine, perfumes, sport, tourism and the fur trade -- Carnivores as food -- Medicinal uses and scent -- Targets for sport -- Carnivores and ecotourism -- Fur trade -- Wolves with human souls: pets -- Dogs and cats as working animals and companions -- Pets in past and present -- Trained to work -- Dogs and cats as companions -- Why carnivores, why dogs and cats? -- Pets and conservation -- Carnivores and neighbours: effects on prey -- Effects on other species, and introduced exotics -- 'Balance' between predators and prey.".
• catalog extent "xii, 246 p. :".
• catalog identifier "0521814103 (hb)".
• catalog identifier "0521891094 (pb)".
• catalog issued "2002".
• catalog issued "2002.".
• catalog language "eng".
• catalog publisher "Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press,".
• catalog subject "599.7/15 21".
• catalog subject "Carnivora Behavior.".
• catalog subject "Human-animal relationships.".
• catalog subject "QL85 .K78 2002".
• catalog tableOfContents "Turning the other cheek -- Conundrum -- What is a carnivore? -- Carnivore groups in the modern world -- Vulnerability -- Carnivore society: hermits and communes -- Social systems, groups and territories -- Collaborators in the hunt -- Society -- Resources and territories -- The quarry of the hunter -- Carnivore diet and hunting behaviour -- Diet -- Hunting behaviour -- Surplus killing and caching -- Man the hunted -- Maneaters -- Tiger -- Leopard -- Lion -- Cougar -- Spotted hyaena -- Bears -- Wolf -- Domestic and captive animals -- Predation on people: a synthesis -- Competitors and carriers -- Predation on game and livestock -- In pursuit of game -- Killing livestock -- Transmitting disease to people and livestock -- Other damage from carnivores -- History of a conflict -- Carnivores and the first hominids -- Predation on early mankind -- Early carnivores -- Hunting and scavenging in early hominid evolution -- Carnivore extinctions and Homo -- What is the use? -- Carnivores as food, for medicine, perfumes, sport, tourism and the fur trade -- Carnivores as food -- Medicinal uses and scent -- Targets for sport -- Carnivores and ecotourism -- Fur trade -- Wolves with human souls: pets -- Dogs and cats as working animals and companions -- Pets in past and present -- Trained to work -- Dogs and cats as companions -- Why carnivores, why dogs and cats? -- Pets and conservation -- Carnivores and neighbours: effects on prey -- Effects on other species, and introduced exotics -- 'Balance' between predators and prey.".
• catalog title "Hunter and hunted : relationships between carnivores and people / Hans Kruuk ; drawings by Diana E. Brown.".
• catalog type "text".