Social licence to cull: Examining scepticism toward lethal wildlife removal in cities

E von Essen, D Redmalm - People and Nature, 2023 - Wiley Online Library
The public may sometimes resist orders to cull wildlife, even when these pose a biosecurity
threat. Managers and researchers desire to know why this is so. Research overwhelmingly …

Activating uncertainty: Scientific evidence and environmental values in wildlife management

RM Anderson, JPC Connors, SE Cavallo, AS Gianotti - Geoforum, 2024 - Elsevier
This paper examines the entanglement of science and politics through a case study of a
controversy over hunting as a form of environmental management in a suburban town in the …

The agency of urban carnivores in human politics: leopards in Mumbai, India

É Edelblutte, AG Short Gianotti… - Frontiers in Ecology and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Across the world, increasing urbanization is leading to more frequent encounters between
humans and wildlife. The resulting cohabitation promotes new human–wildlife dynamics in …

Killing for the common good? The (bio) politics of wolf management in Washington State

RM Anderson - Elem Sci Anth, 2021 - online.ucpress.edu
Washington State has been rocked by conflict over wolves, whose return to rural landscapes
after their extirpation a century ago has brought them into new, often violent relations with …

[HTML][HTML] Factors influencing private woodland owners' land management decisions on Lyme disease mitigation in Maine

AM Urcuqui-Bustamante, KC Perry, J Leahy… - Trees, Forests and …, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Tick-borne diseases (TBDs), including Lyme disease (LD), have become of great
concern in the United States due to their impacts on individuals, communities, local …

Socio-political and ecological dimensions of municipal wildlife management

É Edelblutte, JP Casellas Connors… - Society & Natural …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
In urban and suburban areas, the complex socio-environmental landscapes and diverging
interests of stakeholders make wildlife management difficult. We analyze how municipalities …

Beyond tolerance: Mitigating human–wildlife conflict with hospitality

C Serenari - Animals, 2024 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary In search of an alternative standard for an increasingly divided world there
has been a rise in scholarly interest in non-commodified hospitality to achieve sustainable …

Collaborative modeling of the tick-borne disease social-ecological system: A conceptual framework

AM Urcuqui-Bustamante, JE Leahy, C Sponarski… - EcoHealth, 2023 - Springer
Hard-bodied ticks have become a major concern in temperate regions because they
transmit a variety of pathogens of medical significance. Ticks and pathogens interact with …

Perceptions, concerns, and management of white-tailed deer among municipal officials

É Edelblutte, AG Short Gianotti… - Human Dimensions of …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
Municipal governments are emerging as important stakeholders in managing the
populations and geographic distributions of white-tailed deer (Odocoileus virginianus) in …

Haunted by hunting: A landscape geneology of the biopolitics, necropolitics, and sovereign power of red deer and wild boar management at the Veluwe

E van Heijgen, E Turnhout… - … and Planning E: Nature …, 2025 - journals.sagepub.com
The Veluwe is considered as one of the most important nature areas in the Netherlands. Its
public appeal in part derives from the presence of large ungulates, such as red deer and …