A lot of what is considered wildlife management is not management at all. Areas are set aside to protect them from development and construction. These areas are protected from human interaction.
In some instances actual hands on management is needed to control the overpopulation of some species. Due to human development many species do not have any natural predators (wolves and bears have been pushed out of many eastern areas). This forces us to manage species to restore the balance once found in these systems.
So to answer the question wildlife management is not an oxymoron.
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