The Extermination Of The American Bison - T. Hornaday William
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"The Extermination of the American Bison" is a seminal work authored through William T. Hornaday, a renowned American zoologist and conservationist. This influential ebook serves as a powerful exposé at the near-destruction of the American bison, or buffalo, at some stage in the past due nineteenth century. In this compelling work, Hornaday meticulously documents the catastrophic decline of the American bison population, which had once numbered within the tens of thousands and thousands however were decreased to a mere fraction due to overhunting, habitat loss, and reckless exploitation.…mehr

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"The Extermination of the American Bison" is a seminal work authored through William T. Hornaday, a renowned American zoologist and conservationist. This influential ebook serves as a powerful exposé at the near-destruction of the American bison, or buffalo, at some stage in the past due nineteenth century. In this compelling work, Hornaday meticulously documents the catastrophic decline of the American bison population, which had once numbered within the tens of thousands and thousands however were decreased to a mere fraction due to overhunting, habitat loss, and reckless exploitation. Drawing on good sized studies and firsthand money owed, Hornaday paints a bright and heartbreaking photo of the systematic slaughter of those iconic animals, pushed by using income and push aside for his or her ecological position. "The Extermination of the American Bison" isn't always simplest a historical account but additionally a rallying cry for conservation. Hornaday's passionate plea for the safety and protection of the closing bison herds played a tremendous role inside the early conservation movement inside the United States. His paintings contributed to the eventual established order of wildlife protection measures and the preservation of those majestic creatures. Today, Hornaday's ebook remains a effective testament to the devastating effect of human sports on flora and fauna populations and the pressing need for conservation efforts to prevent the extinction of iconic species.
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William Temple Hornaday, Sc.D. (December 1, 1854 - March 6, 1937) was a biologist, conservationist, taxidermist, and author from the United States. He was the first director of the New York Zoological Park, now known as the Bronx Zoo, and a pioneer in the early American wildlife conservation movement. Hornaday was born in Avon, Indiana, and went to Oskaloosa College, Iowa State Agricultural College (now Iowa State University), and Europe for his education. Hornaday is prepping a tiger for a show. After working as, a taxidermist at Henry Augustus Ward's Natural Science Establishment in Rochester, New York, he spent 1.5 years, 1877-1878, collecting specimens in India and Ceylon. In May 1878, he arrived in Southeast Asia and visited Malaya and Sarawak in Borneo. His travels were the inspiration for his debut book, Two Years in the Jungle (1885). He also campaigned for the creation of a museum in Sarawak. He was named chief taxidermist of the United States National Museum in 1882, a position he held until his resignation in 1890.