Josh,
Try the book, Ethics and Wildlife edited by Priscilla Cohn (Lewiston NY :
Edwin Mellen Press, 1999). ISBN 0-7734-8712-3
It includes a contribution by Jay Kirkpatrick, Urban deer contraception:
the seven stages of grief, and Cohn's contribution, Exploding the hunting
myth, along with Tom Regan's, Philosophical contributions on hunting.
Regards,
David C Anderson
Rockydell Resources
8732 Rock Springs Road
Penryn, California 95663-9622 USA
916/663-3294
Publisher of Humans & Other Species
Revised Mini-Resource on Pet Loss:
http://bookzone.com/bookzone/indexed/10001366.html
The Odes of Solomon in poetic paraphrase:
http://bookzone.com./bookzone/indexed/10001430.html
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From: JOSH WINCHELL <[log in to unmask]>
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Date: Tuesday, February 01, 2000 7:24 AM
Subject: Ethics of immunocontraception?
>I am curious if discussions regarding the ethics of immunocontraception for
>wildlife management has occurred at some point on this list? If so, where
>in the archives could this thread be found? If not, I would be very
>interested in moving such a thread along.
>
>There has already been a good deal of discussion between hunters and
>anti-hunters about the RELATIVE merits and drawbacks of immunocontraception
>and sport hunting as management tools. However, discussion about the ethics
>of wildlife birth-control is very hard to find.
>
>It seems such a discussion might focus on a few areas.
>
>Practical matters:
>- PZP, the most promising wildlife immunocontraceptive, is made from pig
>ovaries. These ovaries are not obtained solely from those pigs who decided
>to pursue family/litter planning.
>- Live-trapping wild animals to hand-inject contraceptive is stressful to
>the animal and can lead to stress-related mortality in some cases.
>
>Wildlife rights:
>- From an A-R perspective, how are wildlife reproductive rights handled? Do
>such rights even exist?
>- What about pursuit of happiness? (In reference to those deer and feral
>horses & burros who are American citizens)
>- Any different from a animal welfare perspective?
>Cleveland Amory apparently wasn't too concerned about rights issues when he
>stated, "Prey will be separated from predator, and there will be no
>overpopulation or starvation because all will be controlled by
sterilization
>or implant."
>
>Other angles:
>In general, where do enviro-ethics thinkers (that's means you) fall out on
>the use of biotechnology for long-term management of wildlife populations?
>What does this say about our relationship with the natural world?
>
>
>Looking forward to hearing to hearing your thoughts.
>
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>-Joshua
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