Edward, Calvin (2022) Curbing mass extinction and the collapse of natural ecosystems requires better social understandings of our relationships to animals. Impact of Social Sciences Blog (01 Apr 2022). Blog Entry.
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As the sixth mass extinction event rages, animal species are disappearing from their native ecosystems at unprecedented levels. Anthropogenic habitat destruction in conjunction with economically incentivized poaching and smuggling operations has created a double bind through which wild animals are removed faster than they can adapt to emerging conditions. The illegal global wildlife trade and exotic pet industrial complex play active roles in this process – yet, remain underexplored phenomena in the social sciences. Calvin Edward argues if we are to avoid the collapse of precious ecosystems, social scientists have a key role to play in exposing the systems of inequality and exploitation that underlie exotic pet ownership.
| Item Type: | Online resource (Blog Entry) |
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| Official URL: | https://blogs.lse.ac.uk/impactofsocialsciences/ |
| Additional Information: | © 2022 The Author |
| Divisions: | LSE |
| Subjects: | H Social Sciences > HM Sociology H Social Sciences > HN Social history and conditions. Social problems. Social reform Q Science > QL Zoology |
| Date Deposited: | 11 Oct 2022 11:06 |
| Last Modified: | 15 Sep 2023 11:35 |
| URI: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/id/eprint/116787 |
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