From the King's deer to a capitalist commodity: A social historical analysis of the poaching law

TL;DR: In this article, an exploratory study examines hunter perceptions of the commercialization of wildlife in a western state, and the impact they believe it is having on the hunting experience, concluding that hunting is an important recreational activity for resident hunters in Montana.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors examine limits to the viability of non-human animal populations as a function of systemic ecological harms and examine these issues in relation to the tendency for capitalism to produce ecological disorganization.

TL;DR: In this paper, the authors maintain that the inability of hunters to find a good quality place to hunt is the most serious impediative problem for recreational hunting in the twenty-first century.

Abstract: Forward by Tibor Scitovsky. 1. Introduction Part I. The Neglected Realm of Social Scarcity 2. A Duality in the Growth Potential 3. The Material Economy and the Positional Economy 4. The Ambiguity of Economic Output Part II. The Commercialization Bias 5. The Economics of Bad Neighbours 6. The New Commodity Fetishism 7. A First Summary: The Hole in the Affluent Society Part III. The Depleting Moral Legacy 8. An Overload on the Mixed Economy 9. Political Keynesianism and the Managed Market 10. The Moral Re-entry 11. The Lost Legitimacy and the Distributional Compulsion Part IV. Perspective and Conclusions 12. The Liberal Market as a Transition Case 13. Inferences for Policy

TL;DR: The origin of the Black Act was discussed in this article, with a focus on the Whigs and Hunters: The Origin of Black Act (1916) and the origins of the black act.

TL;DR: It is argued that the human predisposition to place exaggerated value on rarity fuels disproportionate exploitation of rare species, rendering them even rarer and thus more desirable, ultimately leading them into an extinction vortex.