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Author Palmer, Clare

Title Wildlife Ethics The Ethics of Wildlife Management and Conservation
Published Newark : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, 2023

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Description 1 online resource (301 p.)
Series UFAW Animal Welfare Series
UFAW Animal Welfare Series
Contents Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Part 1 THE THEORY OF WILDLIFE ETHICS -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Introduction -- 1.2 The Scope of the Book -- 1.3 Structure of the Book -- 1.4 The Authors -- 1.5 How this Book Might Be Used -- References -- Chapter 2 Valuing Wildlife -- 2.1 The Value of Tigers -- 2.2 Instrumental or Use Value of Wildlife -- 2.2.1 Consumptive Use Value -- 2.2.2 Nonconsumptive Use Value -- 2.2.3 Indirect Ecological Instrumental Values -- 2.3 Nonuse Values of Wildlife -- 2.3.1 Option Value -- 2.3.2 Bequest Value
2.3.3 Existence Value -- 2.3.4 Esthetic and Related Values -- 2.4 Wildlife and Instrumental Disvalue -- 2.5 Wildlife and Intrinsic Value -- 2.6 Moral Status and Moral Significance -- 2.7 Anthropocentrism -- 2.8 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 3 The Value of Wildness and Ecosystems -- 3.1 Why Are Wild Animals Valued? -- 3.2 The Case of Oostvaardersplassen -- 3.3 Key Ethical Questions: Wildness and Ecosystems -- 3.4 Wildness -- 3.4.1 Wild Animals -- 3.4.2 Wild Places, Wild Nature -- 3.4.3 Wildness Value -- 3.5 Back to Oostvaardersplassen -- 3.6 The Value of Wildlife in Ecosystems
3.6.1 Aldo Leopold's Land Ethic -- 3.7 Managing Wildlife for the Ecosystem -- 3.8 Some Concluding Thoughts -- References -- Chapter 4 The Value of Species and Biodiversity -- 4.1 The Scottish Wildcat -- 4.2 What is a Species? -- 4.3 What is Biodiversity? -- 4.4 Values of Species and Biodiversity -- 4.4.1 Direct Instrumental, Option, and Bequest Values -- 4.4.2 Indirect Instrumental Value: Ecological Value -- 4.4.3 Esthetic and Cultural Values -- 4.4.4 Intrinsic Value of Species and Biodiversity -- 4.5 The Moral Status of Species -- 4.6 Conclusion -- References
Chapter 5 Valuing Wild Animals as Individuals -- 5.1 Introduction -- 5.2 The Idea of Wild Animal Welfare -- 5.3 Animal Welfare: From Avoiding Sufferingto Positive Welfare -- 5.4 Using the Five Domains Model to Assess Wild Animal Welfare -- 5.5 Two Challenges to the Mainstream View of Animal Welfare -- 5.5.1 Beyond Feelings: The Importance of Natural Behavior -- 5.5.2 Is Killing a Welfare Issue? -- 5.6 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6 The Role of Ethical Theories -- 6.1 Introduction -- 6.2 Consequentialism -- 6.2.1 Utilitarianism -- 6.2.2 Ecocentric Consequentialism -- 6.3 Rights Theory
6.4 Relational Theories -- 6.5 Virtue Ethics -- 6.6 What to Do? -- References -- Chapter 7 Wildlife Management and Conservation Models -- 7.1 Introduction -- 7.2 The Overexploitation of Wildlife -- 7.3 The North American Model -- 7.4 Sustainable Use of Wildlife and the Idea of Ecosystem Services -- 7.5 Controlling Unwanted Wildlife Populations -- 7.6 Conservation Biology -- 7.7 Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 8 Recent Movements in Wildlife Management -- 8.1 Introduction -- 8.2 Addo Elephant National Park -- 8.3 Environmental Justice -- 8.4 Indigenous Wildlife Management and Conservation
Notes Description based upon print version of record
8.5 The Growth of Mutualism and Compassionate Conservation
Form Electronic book
Author Fischer, Bob
Gamborg, Christian
Hampton, Jordan
Sandoe, Peter
ISBN 9781119611295
1119611296