Varmints and victims

As controversies over predator control rage on, Varmints and victims puts the debate into historical context, tracing the West's relationship with charismatic predators like grizzlies, wolves, and cougars from unquestioned eradication to ambivalent recovery efforts. We come to see how the story of predator control is in many ways the story of the American West itself, from early attempts to connect the region to mainstream American life and economics to changing demographic patterns and opinions on wildlife conservation in the 21st century.