The wild horses of the Chilcotin : their history and future

Summary: "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 Tŝilhqot'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 Tŝilhqot'in, juxtaposing their efforts to protect qiyus against movements to cull them."--

Record details

ISBN: 199077637X
ISBN: 9781990776373
Physical Description: 1 online resource
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Publisher: Madeira Park, British Columbia : Harbour Publishing, 2023.

Content descriptions

Bibliography, etc. Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Chapter 30 Indigenous Relationships to the Late Pleistocene Horse -- Chapter 31 Horse Evolution In Search of Old Bones -- Chapter 32 Beringia Experiencing the Birthplace of the Yukon Horse -- Biologist's Journal. September 12, 1972 Old Crow Flats, Northern Yukon -- Chapter 33 Canada's Last Wild Horses -- British Columbia -- West Chilcotin Partly protected -- Highland Valley Not protected -- Saskatchewan -- Bronson Forest Protected under provincial law, law not enforced -- Alberta -- Rocky Mountain Foothills Not protected -- The Lost Suffield Horses "Caught in the spin." Gone.