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An assessment of the urban wildlife problem
| Author: |
Fitzwater, W.D. |
| Date: |
1989 |
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In: Ninth Great Plains Wildlife Damage Control Conference; 1989 April 18-20; Fort Collins, CO |
| Abstract: |
Basic urban wildlife problems include: proper identification of species, shift from agrarian to urban society, different interpretations of humaneness, compassion for individual rather than a population as a whole, and public ignorance of urban pest management. Positive values are esthetics and environmental education opportunities. Negative values are disease transmission, life/injury-threatening situations, damage to buildings/other property, water structures/quality, petty annoyances, and indirect economics. |
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