The Probe, Issue 205 – October 1999

Legislative News: Senate Kills Anti-Trapping Measure Washington Stalls Anti-Trap Bills Raccoon Roundworm Brochure Available NWRC Biologist George Matschke Retires Problem Mexican Gray Wolves Being Relocated Chipmunk Found Rabid Rock Star Scares Birds -- What the birds really hate is Tina Turner. Rat Travels Business Class What\u27s Killing Colorado Deer? Abstracts from the 2nd International Wildlife Management Congress, Hungary History and Present Status of the European Beaver (Castor fiber) in Poland, with Implications for Beaver Management Programs -- A. Czech, Institute of Environmental Biology, Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland Assessment of Elephant Damage and Mitigation Options in Amboseli Basin, Kenya -- E.E. Esikuri* and D.F. Stauffer, *Environment Department, The World Bank, Washington, B.C. Wolf Movements and Home Ranges in the Slovak Carpathians -- S. Findo*, P. Paquet, G. Bloch, R. Chovancova, and P. Krizan, *Forest Research Institute, Zvolen, Slovakia Identifying Individual Pumas from Tracks -- E.L. Fitzhugh*, R.C. Lewison, and S.P. Galentine, *Cooperative Extension, Wildlife Fish & Conservation Biology, University of California, Davis, CA Nuisance Wildlife Control Laws, Policies, and Practices -- J.M. Hodidian*. M.R. Childs, R.H. Schmidt, L. J. Simon, andA.W. Church, The Humane Society of the U.S., Washington, D.C. Of Large Carnivores and Men—Two Different Realities: Rural Societies and Tigers in the Sariska Tiger Reserve (Rajasthan, India); Rural Societies and Wolves in the Montesinho Natural Park (north-east Portugal). -- J . P. Galhano Alves, Laboratorire d\u27Ecologie Humaine et d\u27Anthropologie, Universite de Droit, d\u27Economie et des Sciences d\u27Aix-Marseille, Aix-en-Provence, France From the Return of Carcasses to Ecosystem Management: The Role of Trappers in Sustainable Forest Management -- M. Renault* andJ. Huot, *Faune et Pares, Quebec, Canada Predators in Switzerland: Reasons for Existence or Lack of Public Acceptance -- M. Hunziker, Swiss Federal Instil, of Forest, Snow,and Landscape Research, Birmensdorf, Switzerland Resolving Conflicts between Nile Crocodiles and Humans in Africa -- J. Hutton, World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge, U.K. Managing People-Wildlife Conflict in Tibet -- R. M. Jackson, International Snow Leopard Trust, Seattle, WA Human-wolf Conflict in India -- Y. Jhala andB. Jethva, Wildlife Institute of India, Chandrabani, Dehra Dun, India Cheetahs as Problem Animals: Management of Cheetahs on Private Land in Namibia L. Marker andB. D. Schumann, Cheetah Conservation Fund, Otjiwarongo, Namibi