• A
principle of wildlife management is a widely accepted generalization.
• It
is based on abundant and diverse researches and experiences having application
in managing wildlife.
• An
example of a principle;
v Wildlife is the organic resource and can be
managed in a sustained yield basis.
- This
principle implies wildlife population can be harvested periodically
without reduction in their breeding stock producing new harvestable
surpluses.
- This
principle must be applied with judgement because population will not
sustain all possible level of harvest and over harvest can occur.
• Principles
are not rule to follow in managing wildlife population.
• For
example.
v Only
male impalas should be shot by licensed hunters, is not a principle but a rule.
- A rule
has a narrow application.
- Principles
of wildlife management are concepts to consider when formulating
management objectives and in reaching decisions.
- Principles
do not tell people what to do but they are concepts to consider on what
should be done.
- Application
of principles requires knowledge of biology,ecology and analytical
thinking while one does not need biological and ecological knowledge to
successful apply a rule.
- Principles
have broad application and must be applied by biologists and
ecologists whereas a rules have
narrow applications and can be applied by technicians.
- Principles
are neither unchangeable nor unchanging.
- They are widely accepted today and become
expanded, modified or discarded and replaced as new knowledge provides
new insight.
• For
example.
v Some
accepted principles were that, The earth is flat,atoms are indivisible and
species are immutable but they have been rejected.
- Thus
principles should be analytically accepted and challenged.
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