GEOG 339 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Adolph Murie, Dall Sheep, Canidae
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Wolves pack-dwelling predators prey range from large game animals to livestock to smaller birds and mammals. U. s. department of agriculture"s division of wildlife services. Kill nuisance animals to reduce crop and herd damages for farmers. In 2013, killed 321 wolves killed 75,000 coyotes lack of outrage, even though both canid species, similar in behavior. History of human-wolf interactions any culture in northern hemisphere likely has relationship with wolves. Many cultures developed respectful or even reverent relationships with wolves. Japan: once seen as protectors eventually shifted; seen as evil eradicated. Navajo: tradition that wolves taught humans how to hunt. European societies had stronger tradition of pastoralism. Wolves were agents of destruction and the devil. Black death and wolves - bubonic plague peaked in 1348-1350 cities no longer sanctuaries of safety and civilization. Extermination of wolves as human population grew and forest loss increasingly forced wolves and people onto shared landscapes bounties on wolves among first acts of colonial governments.
