Trapping furbearers: An overview of the biological and social issues surrounding a public policy controversy

Wildlife Society Bulletin

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 53-64

  Andelt, William F ^a   Phillips, Robert L ^b   Schmidt, Robert H ^c   Gill, R Bruce ^d  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b NATIONAL WILDLIFE RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c UTAH STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d Colorado Division of Wildlife ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Canis latrans; Colorado; Coyote; Foothold traps; Furbearers; Human dimensions; Humaneness; Injury; Selectivity; Wildlife damage

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032820436     PISSN: 00917648     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Review

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