Loving and loathing wildlife in Japan : Four animal conservation paradigms / W. Puck Brecher.

Introduction: Japan's Biodiversity Boondoggle
Wildlife in Pre-Meiji Culture
The Bear Hunter Abides: Material Spirituality in Traditional Japanese Hunting
Beneficial and Useful: Early Zoology and Its Applications
Hunting, Gun Culture, and Wildlife Use
Uses of the Useless: The Japanese Wolf as Human Invention
Parks, Monuments, and Wild Birds: Early Experiments in Conservation
Later Conservation: The Allied Occupation and Its Legacy
Animal Welfare (Dōbutsu aigo): Paradoxical Paradigm for Wildlife Conservation
Conservation in Confinement: Japan's Captive Wildlife Industry
Aigo and Wildlife Conservation: An Edifice of Non-Change
Appendix: Japanese Wildlife Currently Listed as Extinct, Critically Endangered, or Endangered.