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The Burros in Death Valley

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

Stephen Mills
Stephen Mills
Affiliation:
Stephen Mills, Suntrap, Forest Hill, Oxford, England.
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Abstract

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In California’s Death Valley burros, the introduced wild donkeys, are driving out the native desert bighorn sheep, as well as destroying the vegetation. A sentimental public has so far ensured their protection and prevented the Park Service solving the problem. Now the Service is proposing to remove the burros completely by giving away those they can trap and shooting the rest.

Type
Research Article
Information
Oryx , Volume 16 , Issue 5 , October 1982 , pp. 411 - 414
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1982

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