1st Edition
Natural Enemies People-Wildlife Conflicts in Anthropological Perspective
Edited By John Knight
Copyright 2001
264 Pages
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Routledge
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Wild animals raid crops, attack livestock, and sometimes threaten people. Conflicts with wildlife are widespread, assume a variety of forms, and elicit a range of human responses. Wildlife pests are frequently demonized and resisted by local communities while routinely 'controlled' by state authorities. However, to the great concern of conservationists, the history of many people-wildlife... Read more
Chapter 1 Introduction, KnightJohn; Chapter 2 Wildlife depredations in Malawi, Brian Morris; Chapter 3 Half-man, half-elephant, AxelKöhler; Chapter 4 Chimpanzees as political animals in Sierra Leone, Paul Richards; Chapter 5 Wild pigs, ‘pig-men’ and transmigrants in the rainforest of Sumatra, Simon Rye; Chapter 6 Animals behaving badly, Ben Campbell; Chapter 7 Culling demons, John Knight; Chapter 8 The wolf, the Saami and the urban shaman, Galina Lindquist; Chapter 9 The problem of foxes, Garry Marvin; Chapter 10 The Great Pigeon Massacre in a deindustrializing American region, S. Hoon Song; Chapter 11 Ducks out of water, Kay Milton;
Biography
John Knight is Lecturer at the School of Anthropological Studies, Queen's University of Belfast. Since 1987 he has regularly carried out field research in Japanese mountain villages and has published widely on various subjects related to rural Japan, including wildlife.
