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Title
Beyond the North American model of wildlife conservation : from lethal to compassionate conservation / Anja Heister.
ISBN
9783031141492 electronic book
3031141490 electronic book
9783031141485 hardback
3031141482 hardback
Published
Cham, Switzerland : Palgrave Macmillan, 2022.
Copyright
©2022
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (xvi, 273 pages).
Other Standard Identifiers
10.1007/978-3-031-14149-2 doi
Call Number
QL84
Dewey Decimal Classification
333.95416
Summary
The North American Model of Wildlife Conservation (NAM) is the driver of a strong anthropocentric stance, which has legalized an ongoing, annual exploitation of hundreds of millions of wild animals, who are killed in the United States through trapping, hunting and other lethal practices. Increasingly, the American public opposes the killing of wild animals for recreation, trophies and profit but has little if anyknowledge of the Model. With a focus on trapping, this book exposes the NAMs belief in human supremacy and its consequences for wild animals and their ecosystems, the same value that is driving the ongoing global destruction of nature and accelerating species extinction. Motivated by a deep concern for wild animals who suffer and whose lives are extinguished each year by sportsmen and women, this book exposes the violent treatment of wild animals inherent in governmental-promoted hunting and trapping programs, while emphasizing the importance of empathy and compassion for other animals in conservation and in our lives.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Historical Data
Anja Heister, PhD, is an independent researcher, writer and life-long animal rights activist. A co-founder of Footloose Montana, an organisation working toward an end of trapping on public land in Montana, Anja is committed to social change for animals and publishes frequently on topics related to wild animal conservation, animal liberation, ethics and policy.
Source of Description
Description based on print version record.
Series
Palgrave Macmillan animal ethics series.
1. Introduction
2. The animal standpoint
3. The North American model for wildlife conservation
4. The existing critique of the North American model of wildlife conservation
5. The North American model of wildlife conservation's selective use of ethics to support exploitation of wild animals
6. NAM's science and impacts of policies in Pacific and Mountain West regions
7. Crime scenes in the woods : The NAM and cruelty against wild animals
8. Abandoning human entitlement : Empathy, compassion, and rights for nonhuman animals.
