Wildlife Management is the process of keeping certain
wildlife populations, including endangered animals, at
desirable levels determined by wildlife managers.
Wildlife management is interdisciplinary, integrating
science, mathematics, imagination, and logic. It deals
with protecting endangered and threatened species and
subspecies and their habitats, as well as with
non-threatened agricultural pests and game species.
Aldo Leopold, one of the pioneers of wildlife
management, defined it as "the art of making land
produce sustained annual crops of wildlife."
In the United Kingdom, wildlife management is often undertaken by privately employed gamekeepers on shooting estates. Also, hunters and private land owners work to manage wildlife for better quality wildlife.
Wildlife managers aim to use the best available science to balance the needs of wildlife with their perception of the needs of people. Wildlife management takes into consideration ecological principles such as carrying capacity of the habitat. Most wildlife management is concerned with the preservation and control of habitat, but other techniques such as reforestation, predator control techniques such as trapping, re-introduction of species or hunting may also be used to help manage "desirable" or "undesirable" species.
In the United Kingdom, wildlife management is often undertaken by privately employed gamekeepers on shooting estates. Also, hunters and private land owners work to manage wildlife for better quality wildlife.
Wildlife managers aim to use the best available science to balance the needs of wildlife with their perception of the needs of people. Wildlife management takes into consideration ecological principles such as carrying capacity of the habitat. Most wildlife management is concerned with the preservation and control of habitat, but other techniques such as reforestation, predator control techniques such as trapping, re-introduction of species or hunting may also be used to help manage "desirable" or "undesirable" species.