Bringing Ethics to Wild Lives

Shaping Public Policy for Barred and Northern Spotted Owls

Bibliographic Data

ID12418937
AuthorsWilliam S Lynn (0000-0003-4957-426X, George Perkins Marsh Institute, Clark University Worcester, MA NewKnowledge New York, NY, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume26
Issue2
Pages217-238
Publication date2018-06-22
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueSociety and Animals (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1063-1119 • E-ISSN: 1568-5306
PublisherBrill (PUBLISHER • NL)
DOI10.1163/15685306-12341505
OpenAlexW2810660237
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited29

Ethics reviews are not part of environmental policy or wildlife management in the United States. This changed when, for the first time, the US Fish and Wildlife Service conducted such a review with respect to the barred and northern spotted owls. Spotted owls are endangered throughout their range by a variety of anthropogenic and natural forces. The interspecific competition between barred and spotted owls is a key factor second only to habitat destruction. A proposed lethal experiment to remove barred owls raised ethical concerns among wildlife agencies, citizens, and advocacy groups. Seeking to better understand these concerns, the Service created the Barred Owl Stakeholder Group. Using an innovative method and instrument in the form of an ethics-based policy dialogue and an ethics brief, the stakeholder group explored the ethical dimensions of the removal experiment. This process holds lessons for how public policy can bring ethics to bear on wild lives

Biology · Business · Endangered species · Environmental ethics · Environmental resource management · Fish · Fishery · Geography · Habitat · Political science · Public policy · Public relations · Service (business · Stakeholder · Variety (cybernetics · Wildlife · Wildlife management · Wildlife refuge · Law · Risk Perception and Management · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses · Zoonotic diseases and public health · Ecology

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