The Safari of the Southwest
Hunting, Science, and the African Oryx on White Sands Missile Range, New Mexico, 1969-2006
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 3338211 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ryan Edgington (Haverford College, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2009 |
| Volume | 40 |
| Issue | 4 |
| Pages | 469-491 |
| Publication date | 2009-11-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Western Historical Quarterly (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0043-3810 • E-ISSN: 1939-8603 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/whq/40.4.469 |
| OpenAlex | W2562109073 |
| Language | EN |
In October 1969 the New Mexico Department of Game and Fish released seven African oryx at White Sands Missile Range to encourage leisure hunting in the region. By the mid-1990s, oryx populations had exploded. This essay argues that rather than being perceived as a military wasteland the missile range was recast as a consumer's landscape creating environmental changes that transcended missile testing.
Archaeology · Biology · Fish <Actinopterygii> · Fishery · Geography · Missile · Oryx · Range (aeronautics) · White (mutation) · Aerospace Engineering · Ecology · Engineering · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
| Highly cited | No |
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