An interest‐based rights ethic for wildlife management and applications to behavioral training
Abstract The growing field of conservation and wild animal ethics has the potential to guide practitioners facing difficult management decisions. Drawing from previously established rights frameworks, we explore an applied ethic for wildlife managers and conservationists, outlining when there can be...
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| author | Nathalie R. Sommer Kristy M. Ferraro |
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| description | Abstract The growing field of conservation and wild animal ethics has the potential to guide practitioners facing difficult management decisions. Drawing from previously established rights frameworks, we explore an applied ethic for wildlife managers and conservationists, outlining when there can be ethical justification and moral obligation to intervene with wildlife. To demonstrate the use of this ethical framework, we apply it specifically to the emerging field of behavioral training in wildlife management. We use a series of case studies to illuminate how ecological context is fundamental to ascertain when there is ethical justification for behavioral training under the framework, and conclude with practical considerations for implementation. Our work explains how a rights‐based ethic emerges from both biological principles and fundamental philosophical concepts, and illustrates how it could serve as a useful guideline for wildlife management. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-5bd8c8e9820347f4ac0cb53f7e0ae6c92022-12-21T19:23:14ZengWileyConservation Science and Practice2578-48542022-03-0143n/an/a10.1111/csp2.616An interest‐based rights ethic for wildlife management and applications to behavioral trainingNathalie R. Sommer0Kristy M. Ferraro1Yale School of the Environment New Haven Connecticut USAYale School of the Environment New Haven Connecticut USAAbstract The growing field of conservation and wild animal ethics has the potential to guide practitioners facing difficult management decisions. Drawing from previously established rights frameworks, we explore an applied ethic for wildlife managers and conservationists, outlining when there can be ethical justification and moral obligation to intervene with wildlife. To demonstrate the use of this ethical framework, we apply it specifically to the emerging field of behavioral training in wildlife management. We use a series of case studies to illuminate how ecological context is fundamental to ascertain when there is ethical justification for behavioral training under the framework, and conclude with practical considerations for implementation. Our work explains how a rights‐based ethic emerges from both biological principles and fundamental philosophical concepts, and illustrates how it could serve as a useful guideline for wildlife management.https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.616animal behaviorbehavioral enrichmentconservationconservation ethicswild animal ethicswildlife management |
| spellingShingle | Nathalie R. Sommer Kristy M. Ferraro An interest‐based rights ethic for wildlife management and applications to behavioral training Conservation Science and Practice animal behavior behavioral enrichment conservation conservation ethics wild animal ethics wildlife management |
| title | An interest‐based rights ethic for wildlife management and applications to behavioral training |
| title_full | An interest‐based rights ethic for wildlife management and applications to behavioral training |
| title_fullStr | An interest‐based rights ethic for wildlife management and applications to behavioral training |
| title_full_unstemmed | An interest‐based rights ethic for wildlife management and applications to behavioral training |
| title_short | An interest‐based rights ethic for wildlife management and applications to behavioral training |
| title_sort | interest based rights ethic for wildlife management and applications to behavioral training |
| topic | animal behavior behavioral enrichment conservation conservation ethics wild animal ethics wildlife management |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1111/csp2.616 |
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