Gamekeepers for the Nation Story of New Zealand's Acclimatisation Societies, 1861-1990

Gamekeepers for the Nation Story of New Zealand's Acclimatisation Societies, 1861-1990 By Robert M. McDowall. 

Publisher Canterbury University Press, 1994, first edition. SCARCE. OUT OF PRINT. 

Good softback; binding firm, light edge/shelf-wear; fading and creasing to spine; crease on corner, no inscriptions, repaired tear to top of spine, with minor marks to closed edges. 
508 pages, illustrated. 

This large, tightly-packed book for the general reader is a commissioned account of the introduction of animals and the development of recreational hunting and freshwater fishing in New Zealand. It includes introduced non-game animals. Coverage is by e.g., history, law, politics, commercialisation, and individual species. The book has 104 b/w photos, a few graphs and small maps, full notes and references and a comprehensive index. The author is one of New Zealand's foremost biologists. 

ALL PHOTOS ARE OF THE ACTUAL BOOK. 

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