Does the End Justify the Means? A Media Analysis of Invasive Pig and Fox Management
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12418910 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Beatrice Emma Thompson (School of Social Sciences, University of New South Wales Sydney Australia, corresponding author), Melanie Elyse Grace (School of Social Sciences, University of New South Wales Sydney Australia), Bridget Clare Foster (School of Social Sciences, University of New South Wales Sydney Australia), Claire Louise Harrison (School of Social Sciences, University of New South Wales Sydney Australia), Sonia Graham (0000-0003-4195-4559, School of Social Sciences, University of New South Wales Sydney Australia) |
| Year | 2018 |
| Volume | 28 |
| Issue | 7 |
| Pages | 776-796 |
| Publication date | 2018-12-27 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Society and Animals (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1063-1119 • E-ISSN: 1568-5306 |
| Publisher | Brill (PUBLISHER • NL) |
| DOI | 10.1163/15685306-12341593 |
| OpenAlex | W2921278751 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 18 |
Growing numbers of researchers and animal rights advocates are concerned about the welfare of invasive nonhuman animals, and new government policies echo these concerns. Past survey research, however, shows that the general public defines invasive animal welfare differently than scientists and animal rights advocates. There is little social research that investigates how differing views on the acceptability of invasive animal controls are reconciled in public fora. This article examines how invasive animal control is represented in two newspapers— The Sydney Morning Herald and The Land —in New South Wales, Australia, focusing on the management of invasive foxes and pigs. The findings revealed that efficacy is emphasized more than humaneness, especially among farmers and peri-urban residents, suggesting a disjuncture between new policies and landholders’ values. Views of indigenous land managers and amenity migrants are rarely represented yet they need to be actively engaged to ensure effective policy change
Amenity · Animal rights · Animal welfare · Biology · Environmental ethics · Government (linguistics · Indigenous · Political science · Public policy · Public relations · Welfare · Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Human-Animal Interaction Studies · Law · Ecology
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| Citation velocity | historical |
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| Highly cited | No |