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Wild Ones: A Sometimes Dismaying, Weirdly Reassuring Story About Looking at People Lookingat Animals in America

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by Jon Mooallem


  INDEX

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  Achille Lauro, 152

  Adams, John, 49

  Airlie Center, 264, 265

  Alani plant, 58–59

  Allen, Robert Porter, 198–200, 206

  American Bison Society, 142, 144

  American Incognitum, see mammoths

  America’s Teaching Zoo, 158

  Amstrup, Steven, 23–24, 98–99

  Animal Planet, 31, 79n, 243

  antelope, 143

  Anthropocene epoch, 3

  Antioch Dunes evening primrose, 107

  Antioch Dunes National Wildlife Refuge, 105–8, 111–12, 125–26, 132, 147, 149, 150, 163

  biodiversity of, 127

  buckwheat in, 112–14, 133–34, 147, 150, 154, 156, 173–74

  dune cycles at, 111–13, 149, 154–55

  entomologists at, 124–28, 166

  Fish and Wildlife Service’s purchase of, 148–50

  gypsum plant in, 105–6, 125

  hairy vetch in, 113–14, 134

  herbicides in, 243–44

  Humphrey the Humpback and, 153–56, 243

  Johnson and, 156, 157–62, 166, 173–74

  Lange’s metalmark butterflies at, see Lange’s metalmark butterflies

  Powell and, 125–28, 132–34, 155, 166, 182, 293

  power plants and, 190–91

  aoudad sheep, 252, 253

  Aransas National Wildlife Refuge, 200

  Archibald, George, 217–20, 222, 224, 233, 237, 266–67

  Arctic, 53, 115, 181

  armadillos, 231

  Army Corps of Engineers, 167

  Arnold, Richard, 147, 148, 155–56

  Assiniboine Park Zoo, 21

  Atala butterflies, 112

  Aucilla River, 272

  Audubon Society, 64, 122, 287

  Audubon Zoo, 197

  Babcock, Squire, 230, 233

  babies, 61, 170

  bald eagles, 57, 59, 129, 146, 240

  bats, 60n, 160

  bears, 60n, 63–69, 71

  grizzly, 31, 57, 64–66, 68, 143, 175, 181–82

  Kodiak, 98

  polar, see polar bears

  Roosevelt and, 61–63, 68, 69, 71–72, 142

  teddy, 62–64, 69–71, 142, 176

  beavers, 130, 141

  Behr, Hans Hermann, 121–23, 125, 129

  Benchley, Peter, 30

  Benga, Ota, 141

  Bergen, Candice, 241

  Berryman, Clifford, 62

  Beston, Henry, 5

  bighorn sheep, 60n, 252, 253

  Billy Possums, 70–71

  biodiversity, 160–62, 188

  in Antioch Dunes, 127

  military bases and, 162–63

  Biography of a Grizzly, The (Seton), 64–65

  biological species concept, 179

  biophilia, 170

  birds, 64, 122, 130, 142, 163, 289

  accelerating evolutionary change and, 181–82

  DDT and, 59, 240

  eagles, 57, 59, 64, 129, 146, 240

  geese, see geese

  Gibbs and, 268–70

  Kittlitz’s murrelets, 56, 72

  Lishman’s view of, 221

  pheasants, 143

  pigeons, 60n, 136–37, 231, 258

  robins, 39

  sandhill cranes, 143, 214, 222–25, 258, 267

  seabirds, 2, 56, 72

  taxidermy of, 137n

  whooping cranes, see whooping cranes

  bison, see buffalo, bison

  Blue Water, White Death, 30–31

  Bootlegger, 152–53

  Böttcher, Ursula, 28

  Bronx Zoo, 140

  Brown, Bob, 283–84, 286

  Buchanan, Robert, 17–18, 37–38, 42, 43, 66, 85–90, 96, 98, 101, 144, 245

  buckwheat, naked stem, 112–14, 133–34, 147, 150, 154, 156, 173–74

  buffalo, bison, 137–38, 231, 251–53

  American Bison Society and, 142, 144

  Hornaday and, 138–39, 141–42, 144, 157, 188, 199

  Buffon, Georges-Louis Leclerc, 45–50, 143

  Bureau of Biological Survey, 63–64

  Burnett, D. Graham, 242

  Bush administration, 55, 56, 59, 72–73

  Busy Spring for Grandella the Gray Fox, A (Carroll), 83

  butterflies, 107–8, 117–18, 119–24, 146, 161, 163, 166, 169

  Atala, 112

  captive rearing of, 164–65, 187

  changing habitats and, 122–23

  collecting, 121–24

  Gulf fritillary, 184–85

  host plants of, 112

  Human Folly blue, 168–69

  Johnson and, 156, 157–62, 163–66, 173–74

  Lange’s metalmark, see Lange’s metalmark butterflies

  Mattoni and, 162–69, 182, 184–88

  Mormon metalmark, 182–85

  O’Brien and, 116–18, 119–20, 123, 129, 132–33

  Palos Verdes blue, 162–66, 168, 182

  in San Francisco Bay Area, 120–24

  Sonoran blue, 167

  taxonomy and, 179–85

  Xerces blue, 122–24

  Butterfly Project, 157–61, 166, 173–74

  California Academy of Sciences, 20

  camels, 131–32

  Canadian Eskimo dogs, 75

  Canadian Geographic, 77

  carbon emissions, 55, 87

  Carnegie, Andrew, 139

  Carroll, Margie, 82–84

  Carson, Rachel, Silent Spring, 239, 240

  cats, 60n

  cellular biology, 140

  Center for Biological Diversity, 53–55, 58, 59, 72–74, 170

  charismatic animals, 57, 59–60, 154, 160, 187, 212

  Chassahowitzka National Wildlife Refuge, 265, 267–68, 272–73

  cheetahs, 131

  children, 169–73, 175–76, 230n

  author’s daughter, see Mooallem, Isla

  books for, 65–66, 82–83, 169–70, 235–36

  Churchill, Manitoba, 26–27, 75, 84

  Fort Churchill, 13–14, 26–27

  polar bear attacks in, 31–32

  polar bear population decline in, 35–36

  polar bears in, 13–24, 25–45, 76–92, 93–101

  Churchill Motel, 31

  Clean Air Act, 55

  climate change, 15–16, 18–20, 39, 56, 74, 129, 188, 259, 292

  Arctic and, 53, 115, 181

  emissions and, 55

  polar bears and, 6, 15, 19, 20, 22, 34–42, 53–56, 74, 85, 93–94, 96–97, 114–15, 181–82

  public attention to, 53

  United Nations panel and, 53–54

  whooping cranes and, 281

  C’mon Geese, 221, 224

  Coca-Cola, 98

  cod, 128

  Collier, Holt, 62

  Collins, Judy, 241

  Columbus, Christopher, 135

  communication, interspecies, 233–34

  Communications Research Institute, 236–38

  Compayre, Dennis, 42–44, 77

  Condie, Liz, 229

  conservation, conservationists, 131, 146, 187, 192, 202, 203, 238, 240, 253, 257–58, 287, 289, 293

  ecosystem repair and, 160

  Hornaday and, 141, 144

  human-animal boundaries and, 251–54

  conservation reliance, 114–15

  Continental Congress, 47, 50

  Contra Costa wallflower, 107

  Coolidge, Calvin, 260

  Cooper, John, 278

  cormorants, 258

  Cornell University, 252

  Cottle, James, 121–26, 129

  cougars, pumas, mountain lions, 48, 60, 60n, 63, 67–68

  Cox, Daniel J., 93–96, 114

  coyotes, 63–64, 252, 253

  cranes:


  sandhill, 143, 214, 222–25, 258, 267

  whooping, see whooping cranes

  Craniacs, 228–30, 233, 250, 273, 282, 291, 294, 295

  crocodiles, 3

  Cronkite, Walter, 242

  cultural carrying capacity, 21–22

  Cummings, Brendan, 55, 56, 59

  Current Issues in Tourism, 34

  Curwood, James Oliver, 68–69

  DDT, 59, 240

  Dean, James, 137

  Declaration of Independence, 47

  deer, 130, 143, 258, 285

  Defense, Department of, 162

  Defense Fuel Support Point, San Pedro, 162

  degeneracy theory, 45–50, 143

  Dehler, Gregory, 140

  Delhi Sands flower-loving flies, 167–68

  Derocher, Andrew, 34–37, 94

  diamondback terrapins, 135

  DiCaprio, Leonardo, 54

  Disney, 79n, 230n

  disturbance ecosystems, 111, 154–55

  dogs:

  Canadian Eskimo, 75

  polar bears and, 77, 79–81

  dolphins, 60n, 235, 236

  Howe and, 237–38

  Lilly and, 236–38

  Donlan, Josh, 130–32

  Doremus, Holly, 148–49, 181, 253, 259

  Douglass, George, 197–200, 206

  ducks, 221

  Duff, Joe, 202–3, 205, 207–9, 211, 224–26, 230n, 231, 250, 262, 264, 273, 275, 278–82, 295

  Dugard, Jaycee, 108

  Dugatkin, Lee Alan, 47, 49

  eagles, 57, 59, 64, 129, 146, 240

  ecosystems, 187, 192, 277

  disturbance, 111, 154–55

  ecosystem services, 160

  elephants, 131

  Eliasson, Kelsey, 42

  elk, 240, 253, 285

  Endangered Species Act, 7, 22, 52, 55–57, 59, 68, 73–74, 145–46, 168, 169, 181, 202, 288

  ecosystems and, 187

  species definitions and, 181, 183

  endangered species list, 55–59, 72

  bald eagles and, 129

  Delhi Sands flower-loving flies and, 168

  polar bears and, 52–53, 55–56, 59, 72–74

  endangered species protection, volunteers in, 110–11

  environmental campaigning, radical, 242–43

  environmental generational amnesia, 129, 136

  Euing, Susan, 132–34

  evolution:

  human acceleration of, 181–82

  taxonomy and, 179

  extermination, 63–64, 138

  extinction, 44–45, 144

  managing, 131

  extinction of experience, 161, 178

  falcons, peregrine, 3

  Father Goose (Lishman), 230n

  Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), 291, 294, 296

  filmmakers, 79n

  Findleton, Jack, 152n

  fish, 61

  collapsing populations of, 128

  Owens pupfish, 283–90

  salmon, 2–3, 285

  snail darters, 57

  stocking of, 285

  Fish and Wildlife Service, 57, 73, 106, 107, 113, 114, 129, 132–34, 147, 154–56, 160, 166, 181, 182, 190, 212n, 293

  Antioch Dunes purchased by, 148–50

  herbicides used by, 243–44

  whooping cranes and, 209, 211

  fishing, 128, 285

  Fish Slough, 283–90

  Fly Away Home, 230n

  Fort Churchill, 13–14, 26–27

  Franklin, Benjamin, 47–49

  Free Willy, 230n

  French, John, 250, 256–57, 259

  Freud, Sigmund, 171

  Friends of the Earth, 235

  frogs, 111

  Frontiers North Adventures, 32–33, 41–43, 85

  Furbish’s louseworts, 60

  Garfield, James A., 138

  Garrido, Phillip, 108

  geese, 205, 257, 258

  Fly Away Home and, 230n

  Lishman and, 221, 223–26, 234

  Gee Whiz (whooping crane), 219, 200

  Georgia Billy Possum Co., 70

  Georgia-Pacific Antioch Wallboard Plant, 105–6, 125

  Gibbs, Clarice, 265–71

  Gimbel, Peter, 30

  Glacier Bay wolf spider, 56, 61

  global warming, see climate change

  Golden Compass, The, 54

  goats, 60n

  Gore, Al, 53

  gorillas, 234

  green energy projects, 289

  greenhouse gases, 55, 73, 85–86

  Greenpeace, 241–44

  grizzly bears, 31, 57, 64–66, 68, 143, 175, 181–82

  Grizzly King, The: A Romance of the Wild (Curwood), 68–69

  ground sloths, 130

  Gulf fritillary butterflies, 184–85

  Gunter, John, 32–33

  Guravich, Dan, 27–28

  hairy vetch, 113–14, 134

  Harper’s Magazine, 260

  hawks, 64

  Hickel, Walter, 238

  Hornaday, William Temple, 8, 138–46, 169, 175, 188, 240, 244, 287, 289

  buffalo and, 138–39, 141–42, 144, 157, 188, 199

  Our Vanishing Wildlife: Its Extermination and Preservation, 142–45, 258

  Thirty Years War for Wild Life: Gains and Losses in the Thankless Task, 287–88

  horses, 131

  Horwich, Robert, 222–24

  Howe, Margaret, 237–38

  Hudson Bay, 46, 87

  polar bears and, 31, 34–37, 93

  seaport of, 39

  Human-Animal Studies, 60n

  Human Folly blue butterflies, 168–69

  Humphrey the Humpback, 150–56, 174, 175, 232–34, 243

  hunting, 143–44

  Hutcheson Memorial Forest, 148–49

  IBM, 235, 241

  imprinting, 218, 221

  whooping cranes and, 205, 218, 222

  Incognitum, see mammoths

  Inconvenient Truth, An, 53

  Ingebrigtson, Mark, 39

  insects, 146, 163, 177–78, 188

  butterflies, see butterflies

  Interior, Department of, 162

  International Crane Foundation, 218, 222, 223, 250, 251, 267

  International Whaling Commission, 236, 246

  International Whooping Crane Recovery Team, 249

  interspecies communication, 233–34

  “Invertebrate Conservation at the Gates of Hell” (Longcore and Rich), 163

  Jaws, 30

  jellyfish, 128

  Jefferson, Thomas, 8, 22, 44–45, 47–51, 64, 244

  Buffon and, 45–50, 143

  Notes on the State of Virginia, 45, 50, 142–43

  Jefferson County, Fla., 271–73, 278

  jellyfish, 60n

  Johnson, Jana, 156, 157–66, 173–74

  Josephine and Pete (whooping cranes), 197–98, 200–202, 217

  Kahn, Peter H., Jr., 128–29

  Kellert, Stephen, 61, 67, 172

  Kempthorne, Dirk, 73

  Kittlitz’s murrelets, 56, 72

  Kodiak bears, 98

  Krause, Bernie, 152n

  Ladies’ Home Journal, 63, 69

  Ladoon, Brian, 75–82

  ladybugs, 60n

  Lange, William Harry, 124–26, 182

  Lange’s metalmark butterflies, 5–6, 106–17, 122, 124–25, 127, 133, 146–50, 154–56, 169, 173–74, 188–93, 201

  buckwheat and, 112–14, 133–34, 147, 150, 154, 156, 173–74

  capturing of females for breeding, 157–59, 173–74, 173–74, 187

  description of, 182–83

  flight period of, 109

  herbicides and, 243–44

  Johnson and, 156, 157–62, 166

  power plants and, 190–91

  taxonomy and, 179, 182–84

  Leaf (Nissan car), 20, 35

  Leibovitz, Annie, 54

  Leist, Sam, 88, 89, 91

  lemmings, 79n

  Leopold, Aldo, 219

 
Lepidopterists’ Society, 125, 166

  Life, 149

  Lilly, John, 236–38, 241

  lions, 67, 130, 131–32

  Lipscomb, James, 29–31

  Lishman, William, 220–21, 223–26, 230, 230n, 234, 264

  lizards, 60

  lobsters, 60n

  London, Jack, 65

  Long, William, 65

  Longcore, Travis, 163

  Los Angeles Times, 57, 67, 70, 219

  louseworts, 60

  Madison, James, 48

  mammoths (American Incognitum), 45, 50–51, 60n, 64, 130, 143, 231, 272

  maple trees, 149

  Mattoni, Rudi, 162–69, 182, 184–88, 244, 293

  McIntyre, Joan (Joana Varawa), 8, 234–46, 257, 277, 293

  McNaney, James, 137

  McVay, Scott, 235n

  megafauna, 57, 130–31, 199, 231

  Melson, Gail, 230n

  Mendocino Ridge incident, 241–43, 245–46

  mice, Preble’s meadow jumping, 181

  Michtom, Rose, 63

  military bases, 162–63

  Mind in the Waters: A Book to Celebrate the Consciousness of Whales and Dolphins (McIntyre), 239, 241

  Mind of the Dolphin, The (Lilly), 238

  monkeys, 60

  monkfish, 128

  Monroe, James, 49

  Mooallem, Isla, 1, 4, 8–9, 20, 77, 84, 85, 87–88, 90–92, 136, 169, 173–76, 178, 259–61, 265, 283, 288, 290

  Mooallem, Wandee, 84, 87, 91, 92, 169, 173, 174

  Moorpark College, 157–60, 166, 172

  moose, 48–49, 111, 252

  Mormon metalmark butterflies, 182–85

  moths, pink bollworm, 164–65

  mountain lions, cougars, pumas, 48, 60, 60n, 63, 67–68

  mountain sheep, 60n, 143, 252, 253

  Muir, John, 285

  Murphy, Gerald, 263

  mussels, 59

  Mutanen, Tommy, 31–32, 97

  naked stem buckwheat, 112–14, 133–34, 147, 150, 154, 156, 173–74

  Nat Geo Wild, 79n

  National Geographic, 80, 202

  National Geographic Society, 28–29, 44

  National Zoo, 140

  Natural History (Buffon), 46

  nature, 192

  Nature, 130

  Nature 1st, 29

  Necedah National Wildlife Refuge, 207–10, 212, 222, 223, 226, 227, 229, 231, 247–50, 256, 259–60, 263, 265, 269, 290, 292, 294

  wetlands of, 212n

  New Line Cinema, 54

  New York Times, 30, 57, 69, 140, 142, 175–76, 178, 200, 235n, 258

  New York Zoological Society, 140

  Nightline, 151

  Nissan Leaf, 20, 35

  Nixon, Richard, 57, 146

 

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