Conservation, Animal Wellbeing, and Indigenous Participation at an Elephant Sanctuary in Mondulkiri, Cambodia

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ID12418911
AuthorsH Kopnina (0000-0001-7617-2288, The Hague University of Applied Sciences The Hague the Netherlands, corresponding author), Liv Baker (0000-0002-2680-3114, Animal Behavior and Conservation Program Hunter College, CUNY New York, NY USA)
Year2023
Volume32
Issue5-6
Pages560-581
Publication date2023-05-08
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociety and Animals (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1063-1119 • E-ISSN: 1568-5306
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/15685306-bja10126
OpenAlexW4376116517
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited19

This article focuses on the intersection of indigenous peoples, conservation, and elephant wellbeing in Cambodia. While social justice advocates emphasize the human cost of conservation in human-animal conflicts, those concerned with animal protection and rights have problematized the treatment of elephants. This critique stems from evidence that the human relationship to elephants, captive and wild, remains largely utilitarian or exploitive. In Cambodia, there is a record of wild Asian elephants coexisting with local communities, but more so a long history of elephants used for labor. This article discusses the possible areas of reconciliation between human and Asian elephant interests at a Mondulkiri elephant sanctuary in Cambodia, suggesting potential paths toward win-win scenarios for the local and indigenous people, as well as for the elephants and their habitats

Animal rights · Biology · Criminology · Environmental ethics · Ethnology · Geography · Habitat · Human animal · Human rights · Indigenous · Livestock · Political science · Socioeconomics · Sociology · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Law · Primate Behavior and Ecology · Wildlife Ecology and Conservation · Ecology

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