The Exploitation of Mammal Populations

Abstract

Preface and acknowledgments. Exploitation of mammal populations: past, present and future: The exploitation, sustainable use and welfare of wild mammals. Historical dichotomies in the exploitation of mammals. The wild fur trade: historical and ecological perspectives. Assessing the impacts of uses of mammals: the good, the bad and the neutral. Harvesting wild mammal populations: Game ranching. Status and exploitation of the saiga antelope in Kalmykia. Capybara use and conservation in South America. Sustainable use of whales: whaling or whale watching? Hunting and its impact on wildlife: The impact of game meat hunting on target and non-target species in the Serengeti. Subsistence hunting and mammal conservation in a Kenyan coastal forest: Resolving a conflict. The impact of sport hunting: a case study. Studies of English red deer populations subjected to hunting-to-hounds. Wildlife trade and conservation: Zimbabwe: a model for the sustainable use of wildlife and the development of innovative wildlife management practices. Sustainable utilization: the lessons of history. Wildlife trade - a conserver or exploiter? Tiger poaching - road to extinction. The exploitation of Asian elephants. Ecotourism: making mammal populations pay. The impact of ecotourism development on the distribution, status and activity of rainforest mammals in the Manu National Park, Peru. Ecotourism and mountain gorillas in the Virunga Volcanoes. Use, misuse, and abuse of the orang utan - exploitation as a threat or the only real salvation? Elephant family values. Human disturbance of cetaceans. Index.