1st Edition

Rewilding and Reintroductions in Britain Human Interactions with Conservation

By Virginia Thomas Copyright 2026
186 Pages 1 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

This book examines how rewilding and species reintroductions play a crucial role in conservation and ecological restoration in Britain. The book examines how humans think about and interact with our environment and nature, and how competing interests surrounding conservation, land-use (in particular agriculture), and social-cultural issues can be reconciled. Rather than taking a stance which is... Read more

Introduction Rewilding and reintroductions in Britain: Hhuman interactions with conservation.

1 Conservation, rewilding and reintroductions in England and Britain.

2 ‘Rewilding’ the Avalon Marshes.

3 Wilding the Ennerdale Valley.

4 Domesticating rewilding. in England and Britain.

5 Let live and let die: The biopolitics of rewilding and (self)-governing cows.

6 Of kites and men: Valuing, categorising and controlling kites in Britain.

7 The wildness of cats: Caring for and about cats in Britain.

8 Gods and monsters: The charismatic megafolk of rewilding.

9 Rewilding and reintroductions in the Anthropocene.

Index

Biography

Virginia Thomas is an environmental social scientist.  She researches rewilding, human interactions with the environment, and human-animal relations. She holds a PhD in Sociology.