Game changer : animal rights and the fate of Africa's wildlife / Glen Martin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Martin, Glen, 1949-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Animal welfare--Africa.

Animal welfare.

Animal rights--Africa.

Animal rights.

Animal rights--Environmental aspects--Africa.

Wildlife conservation--Africa.

Wildlife conservation.

Animal rights activists--Africa.

Animal rights activists.

Animal rights movement--Africa.

Animal rights movement.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (268 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Berkeley, Calif. : University of California Press, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

"Are conservation and protecting animals the same thing? In Game Changer, award-winning environmental reporter Glen Martin takes a fresh look at this question as it applies to Africa's megafauna. Martin assesses the rising influence of the animal rights movement and finds that the policies championed by animal welfare groups could lead paradoxically to the elimination of the very species--including elephants and lions--that are the most cherished. In his anecdotal and highly engaging style, Martin takes readers to the heart of the conflict. He revisits the debate between conservationists, who believe that people whose lives are directly impacted by the creation of national parks and preserves should be compensated, versus those who believe that restrictive protection that forbids hunting is the most effective way to conserve wildlife and habitats. Focusing on the different approaches taken by Kenya, Tanzania, and Namibia, Martin vividly shows how the world's last great populations of wildlife have become the hostages in a fight between those who love animals and those who would save them"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Illustrations

Maps

Chapter 1. Never an Eden

Chapter 2. The Man Who Hated Hyenas

Chapter 3. Dreaming the Peaceable Kingdom

Chapter 4. From Automata to Sentient Beings

Chapter 5. My Cow Trumps Your Lion

Chapter 6. Death to l'Ancien Régime

Chapter 7. Reality Check

Chapter 8. The Kenya Model

Chapter 9. An Inalienable Right

Chapter 10. Buy (or Lease) It and They Will Come

Chapter 11. Even the Cows Must Pay

Chapter 12. Elephant Man

Chapter 13. The Sage Reconsiders

Chapter 14. Commodifying Conservation

Chapter 15. Not a Primary Issue of Concern

Chapter 16. Hard Choices

Chapter 17. The Nation on a Plate

Chapter 18. Topsoil and Condoms

Chapter 19. Summing Up in Diani

Recommended Reading

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-280-11658-7

9786613520876

0-520-95205-7

OCLC:

777375637