Full Title Name:  VALUING WILDLIFE, WILDLIFE-OUR MOST VALUABLE PUBLIC RESOURCE

Summary: The time has come for our legal system to reflect the value of wildlife in our society. As such, we must revise our thinking on the issue of takings as it refers to wildlife. Many wildlife policies and state initiatives show that the American public greatly values wildlife. Recent polls indicate that seventy-four percent of Americans want leghold traps banned in the United States. However, our legal system only compensates for the taking of property, and only for economic reasons.