Has Anybody Seen a Tasmanian Tiger Lately
Ethical and Ontological Considerations of Thylacine De-Extinction
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8106983 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jaxon Waterhouse (Independent Scholar, Karratha, Australia, corresponding author), Chantelle Mitchell (Independent Scholar, Naarm, Australia, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2021 |
| Volume | 26 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 14-27 |
| Publication date | 2021-12-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Green Letters (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1468-8417 • E-ISSN: 2168-1414 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1080/14688417.2021.2006741 |
| OpenAlex | W4200102485 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 19 |
Considering animal futurity and changing more-than-human/human relationships, we mobilise the Tasmanian Tiger – the thylacine – to explore the implications of de-extinction. The thylacine’s extinction is cause for speculation; questioned by those who see its ghostly traces across the landscape, and those who see it as a viable candidate for de-extinction.De-extinction entangles us within complex ethical and speculative territory. We suggest that species resurrection places the animal within a system of symbolic value, in which the animal is no longer an animal. It becomes unreal, as de-extinction necessitates the loss of the full depth of an animal’s being in the world. The resurrected is instead a facsimile of being, a product of continued anthropogenic hubris.A species’ importance is perceived to be tied to existence in context, and as such, we consider the significance of the thylacine’s being, as symbol of extinction, martyr, or beacon of hope through de-extinction
Archaeology · Biology · Context (archaeology · Environmental ethics · Extinction (optical mineralogy · Geography · Environmental Philosophy and Ethics · Geographies of human-animal interactions · Religion, Ecology, and Ethics · Paleontology · Philosophy
How We GrieveRelearning the World
Imagining Extinction
Biological annihilation via the ongoing sixth mass extinction signaled by vertebrate population losses and declines
De‐extinction and the Community of Being
Anticipating risks, governance needs, and public perceptions of de-extinction
Bring ‘Em back alive
Managing Love and Death at the Zoo
The Early History of Tasmania
| Unique citing works | 1 |
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| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2025 - 2025 (1) |
| Citation velocity | recent |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |