Conservation

Digital Communications Project: Rhetoric of Sharks

If you are interested in biodiversity and conservation, take a look at the website attached below. Besides an academic analysis on our view of sharks and how this affects conservation efforts for them, there are various outlets of media that help to paint the view of sharks that we have come to know in modern… Read more Digital Communications Project: Rhetoric of Sharks

Human Companions: The Shift From Wildlife to Domestication

Human Companions: The Shift From Wildlife to Domestication   Twardek, William & Peiman, Kathryn & Gallagher, Austin & Cooke, Steven. (2017). Fido, Fluffy, and wildlife conservation: The environmental consequences of domesticated animals. Environmental Reviews. 25. 10.1139/er-2016-0111.   William Twardek is a very experienced individual in the field of animal research, with a concentration in ocean… Read more Human Companions: The Shift From Wildlife to Domestication

Ecological Ethics and Animal Conservation: An Unwritten Chapter

Ecological Ethics and Animal Conservation: An Unwritten Chapter The authority of the information and perspectives of this article rest in the experience and positions held by the author of these articles, Ben A. Minteer and James P. Collins. Mr. Minteer is actively involved with environmental ethics as well as conservation and is chair of life… Read more Ecological Ethics and Animal Conservation: An Unwritten Chapter

Zoos and Biodiversity Conservation

Following our discussion on the role of zoos in global conservation efforts, here a couple of recently published articles addressing the issue. Considering that conservation only became a goal and an argument recently in the history of Zoos, here some insights from the articles: -The limited scope of the conservation efforts -The increasing participation of… Read more Zoos and Biodiversity Conservation