Hardly a day goes by without news of the extinction or endangerment of yet another animal species, followed by urgent but largely unheeded calls for action. An eloquent denunciation of the failures of Canada's government and society to protect wildlife from human exploitation, Max Foran's The Subjugation of Canadian Wildlife argues that a root cause of wildlife depletions and habitat loss is the culturally ingrained beliefs that underpin management practices and policies. Tracing the evolution of the highly contestable assumptions that define the human–wildlife relationship, Foran stresses the price wild animals pay for human self-interest. Using several examples of government oversight at the federal, provincial, and territorial levels, from the Species at Risk Act to the Biodiversity Strategy, Protected Areas Network, and provincial management plans, this volume shows that wildlife policies are as much – or more – about human needs, priorities, and profit as they are about preservation. 439 p.

Series: McGill-Queen's Rural, Wildland, and Resource Studies, 9.

 

• Max Foran. BEd, MA History, PhD History; Professor Emeritus of Communication . University of Calgary, Department of Communication, Media , and Film, Calgary, Alberta (Canada).
  
   
• Publication date (electronic format): 2018-04 - McGill-Queen's University Press.