"Hunting as a Moral Good"
This article argues that hunting is not a sport, but a neo-traditional cultural trophic practice consistent with ecological ethics, including a meliorist concern for animal rights or welfare.
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Near Extinction of the Great Plains Bison 1820–1900
American Bison flourished on the Great Plains of the United States before westward expansion and the practice of widespread hunting challenged the survival of the animal. Policies in the early 20th century barely saved the wild bison populations.
Scarcity in the Arctic: A Colonial Construct?
In European imagination the North Atlantic has been seen as a region on the far borders of civilization and marked by the contrasts of scarcity and plenty.
The Bears Are Back! The LIFE Ursus Translocation Project in Trentino
Arcadia, 2015, no. 4
Japan Ceases Whaling Following U.N. ICJ Ruling
Japan ceases whaling following U.N. International Court of Justice ruling that whaling is not allowed through a previous loophole stating nations could hunt whale for research purposes.
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"From a View to a Death: Culture, Nature and the Huntsman's Art"
Roger Scruton discusses totemism and its ecological function.
"'Redneck, Barbaric, Cashed Up Bogan? I Don’t Think So': Hunting and Nature in Australia"
Michael Adams reviews initial research exploring non-Indigenous hunting participation and motivation in Australia, as a window into further understanding connections between humans, non-humans, and place.
Broadsheet: “Presenting Wild Animals: Two Sea Lions, a White Whale-bear and a Long-tailed Monkey,” June 1754
The graphic reproduction shows the icebear hunt in Greenland, several sailing ships and boats from that time, the long-tailed monkey mentioned in the title, and even a whale in the background.
Vicious: Wolves and Men in America
Jon Coleman investigates the sometimes violent and always controversial relationship between the two species.
Nature's Past episode 22: "A Century of Parks Canada"
In episode 22 of Nature’s Past, a podcast on Canadian environmental history, Sean Kheraj talks to Claire Campbell, the editor of A Century of Parks Canada, and contributing authors George Colpitts and Gwynn Langemann on Canada’s national parks history from coast to coast.