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Prevention or Poisoning? Dilemmas in Urban Rat Control
Effective strategies for rat control based on ecology were invented in Baltimore in the 1940s. The program, however, did not last.
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Once Upon a Game Reserve: Sambisa and the Tragedy of a Forested Landscape
This article focuses on the loss of the Sambisa Forest as a game reserve due to the conflict between the Nigerian army and the terrorist group Boko Haram.
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Wildlife Conservation Causes Deforestation in Colonial Namibia
In this Arcadia article, environmental historian Emmanuel Kreike explores the relationship between conservation and deforestation in twentieth-century Namibia.
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Animal Rights vs. Bullfights: The Horns of an Indian Dilemma
Animal rights prevailed over bullfights in a recent judgment of the Supreme Court of India.
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Entomology and Empire: Settler Colonial Science and the Campaign for Hawaiian Annexation
Pest control was a political act in late-nineteenth-century Hawaiʻi, helping sugarcane planters pursue annexation to the United States.
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Northern Bison Sanctuary or Big Ranch? Wood Buffalo National Park
The Canadian government established the Wood Buffalo National Park in 1922 to protect a remnant herd of wood bison. The park has become North America’s biggest national park and is still home to the largest free-roaming herd of wood bison. However, the park’s wildlife has also been subject to some of the most intrusive and ill-conceived management interventions in Canadian history.
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The Beavercene: Eradication and Settler-Colonialism in Tierra del Fuego
Once introduced to promote the fur industry, beavers in Tierra del Fuego are now deemed an invasive population to be eradicated.
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The Bears Are Back! The LIFE Ursus Translocation Project in Trentino
This Arcadia article by environmental historian Wilko von Hardenberg shows how after almost a century on the brink of extinction, bears are once again roaming the eastern Italian Alps.