The Pennsylvania Bounty System: A Detailed Study of Its History, Operation, Cost and Effects, Together With a Discussion of the Advisability of Its Continuance (Classic Reprint) - Hardcover

Richard Gerstell

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0331478315 ISBN 13: 9780331478310

Publisher: Forgotten Books, 2018

Synopsis

Explore how Pennsylvania paid bounties on predators and what these costs and policies reveal about wildlife management.

This study traces the bounty system's long history in the state, from early payments to modern administration, and explains how laws, rates, and criteria evolved. It also examines what the program accomplished for game protection and what costs and fraud risks were involved.

The work outlines how bounty payments were processed, how claims were verified, and how the program shifted oversight to the Game Commission. It also weighs arguments for and against continuing the system and what the findings imply for future policy.

• A clear history of bounty laws, rates, and the changing list of species
• How claims are filed, verified, and paid, including cost versus administrative expense
• Impact on predator populations and game protection, with measured conclusions
• Policy debates on continuance and potential alternatives for wildlife management

Ideal for readers of wildlife policy, state history, and public administration.

Edition details

• Publisher: Forgotten Books
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0331478315
• ISBN 13: 9780331478310
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 37