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The wild horses of the Chilcotin : their history and future / Wayne McCrory.
The Chilcotin's wild horses are are romantic and beautiful, but they are also controversial: they are seen by government policy as intruders competing for range land with native species and domestic cattle and, as a result, they have been subject to culls and are not officially protected. In this compelling book, wildlife biologist Wayne McCrory draws upon two decades of research to make a case for considering these wonderful creatures, called qiyus in traditional T]ilhqot'in culture, a resilient part of the area's balanced prey-predator ecosystem. McCrory also chronicles the Chilcotin wild horses' genetic history and significance to the T]ilhqot'in, juxtaposing their efforts to protect qiyus against movements to cull them.
Record details
- ISBN: 9781990776366
- Physical Description: 332 pages, xxxii pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 24 cm
- Publisher: Madeira Park, British Columbia : Harbour Publishing, [2023]
- Copyright: ©2023
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | The stone horse -- The Brittany Triangle: a wilderness under seige -- The charge of the black stallion band -- Thundering wild hooves on a moonlit night -- Ghost horses of winter -- 1988: The last (?) Chilcotin wild-horse bounty hunt -- Brittany Plateau: unique wild-horse ecosystem -- Canada's first wild-horse preserve -- The Xeni Gwet'in defend their homeland -- The wild-horse preserve burns -- The ancient relationship between wolves and wild horses -- Mountain lions, bears and wild horses -- Wild horses and starvation winters -- The buffalo bird that hitchhiked in with the horse -- Wild-horse communication -- The Chilcotin killing fields: 1860s-1988 -- The mustangers -- No room for wild horses -- Bloodlines: unravelling the origins of the Chilcotin wild horse -- Horse dreams and prophecies -- The first sixteen horses of conquest -- Shared Tsilhqot'in oral history on acquisition of the horse -- Explorers record Indigenous spread of the horse -- Ancient breeds form Chilcotin wild horse population -- Chilcotin horses' unique ancestry -- The East Russian (Yakut) horse connection -- The Canadian horse: (Le Cheval Canadien) -- The spread of the Spanish horse across America -- Lost Spanish conquistador expeditions to the BC Interior and Chilcotin -- Indigenous relationships to the late Pleistocene horse -- Horse evolution: in search of old bones -- Beringia: experiencing the birthplace of the Yukon horse -- Canada's last wild horses -- Recalibrating Canada's last wild horses. |
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- 1 of 1 copy available at Salt Spring Island Public Library.
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Salt Spring Island Public Library | 599.665 MCC (Text) | 33123009859894 | Non-fiction | Volume hold | Available | - |
- Booklist Reviews : Booklist Reviews 2024 March #1
*Starred Review* When the term wild horse comes up, most people think of the American West and its famed and contentious herds of mustangs. Here wildlife biologist McCrory tells the story of the Chilcotin country in west-central British Columbia and its resident wild horses. Called qiyus by the region's First Nation people, these horses charmed McCrory away from his critical view of feral horses after he came to the Chilcotin to study grizzly bears in the face of potential massive forest clearcutting. Working with the local people and other scientists, he began studying the wild horses as an integral part of the complex ecosystem with its grasslands, forests, and mountains. This chronological account is enlivened with photographs of the author conducting field work and beautiful scenes of the horses in their habitat. McCrory writes not only of the joys and hardships involved in conducting research in a remote area but also of studying the horses' genetics and the politics of fighting for First Nation rights and the preservation of the horses on the land. Readers enthralled by wilderness and horses will revel in McCrory's call for the salvation of the Chilcotin and all its wildlife. Copyright 2024 Booklist Reviews.
