Animal Intimacies

Govindrajan, Radhika

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“…Moreover, a lack of understanding by urban people and conservationists about how dangerous pigs are also figure prominently in discussions with local communities. Studies from both Kerala and Uttarakhand show that local people frequently blame government apathy and mismanagement in dealing with wild pigs, leading to a disruption of already tenuous coexistence scenarios with the species (e.g., Govindrajan, 2018;Oommen, 2019). In the Uttarakhand region, local people believed that that pig numbers increased after a pregnant sow escaped from the Indian Veterinary Research Institute.…”

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“…In the Uttarakhand region, local people believed that that pig numbers increased after a pregnant sow escaped from the Indian Veterinary Research Institute. Continuing protection to pigs accorded by the Forest Department led to claims that the government was needlessly sympathetic to the descendants of an errant domestic pig instead of being concerned about the welfare of local people who suffered from their depredations (Govindrajan, 2018). Such claims have strong links with concerns about distributive justice and have been highlighted in other studies as well.…”

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Beasts in the Garden: Human-Wildlife Coexistence in India's Past and Present

Oommen¹

2021

Front. Conserv. Sci.

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Human-wildlife encounters are characterized by a diverse array of engagements located on the continuum between the negative and the positive. In India, protracted conflict with wildlife is reflected in violence across a range of rural and urban ecologies, but is only one aspect of the multiple facets of ongoing human-non-human encounter. Within these shared spaces, there are often equally significant elements of acceptance, tolerance and reverence. Together, these are dependent on context, and can be explored via lived experiences and worldviews, and a moral economy of human-wildlife and human-human relationships. Historically, though hardly static, such relationships have been mediated by the ontological positioning of traditional societies and their embedded rules and practises. In recent years, these tenuous equilibria have been disrupted by top-down catalysts, including universalist conservation agendas percolating from the state and the global arena. This study aims to explore the changing nature of coexistence by using several historical and contemporary vignettes in relation to key species that routinely “transgress” from their primary natural habitats into the “garden” spaces of human cultivation and habitation. The study will argue that insights at the intersection of environmental history, political ecology and anthropology can improve our understanding of human-wildlife coexistence in India as well as across the world.

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Beasts in the Garden: Human-Wildlife Coexistence in India's Past and Present

Oommen¹

2021

Front. Conserv. Sci.

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“…Human-animal studies have focused on the discontinuity of both humans and non-human animals in society, where discourse has shifted to concentrate on animals as mutually beneficial components for both human and non-human societies (16-21). Contemporary human-animal studies are most broadly understood as the examination of interactions among human and non-human animals, emphasizing the expression of non-human agency (22)(23)(24). In her seminal book, "Animals in Society: An Introduction to Human-Animal Studies," DeMello (25) considers the conceptual construct of non-human animals within the Euro-American cultural context and the ways it reinforces and perpetuates hierarchical human relationships.…”

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“…In her seminal book, "Animals in Society: An Introduction to Human-Animal Studies," DeMello (25) considers the conceptual construct of non-human animals within the Euro-American cultural context and the ways it reinforces and perpetuates hierarchical human relationships. Govindrajan (23) utilizes a multispecies ethnographic framework to deconstruct the entanglement of various theoretical concepts (e.g., interspecies relatedness), suggesting that non-human animals have a profound influence on shaping the relationship with human societies through agency, intention, and emotional capacity.…”

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Social Enterprise as a Model to Improve Live Release and Euthanasia Rates in Animal Shelters

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Copeland

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Front. Vet. Sci.

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This paper explored the role that social entrepreneurship may play in helping to improve euthanasia and live release rates in animal shelters. This paper used a qualitative, comparative ethnographic study that included semi-structured interviews, participant observation, and archival research. It compared two large animal shelters from the U.S. and Australia. Collectively, 21 formal interviews, more than 30 informal interviews, and participant observation were conducted over a 6-month time frame between the two countries. Findings indicate that three main factors may contribute to the transformation of non-profit animals shelters and result in improved euthanasia and live release rates, as well as animal caregiver burnout. These include: (1) professionalizing shelter management, (2) engaging with non-profit social enterprise activities, and (3) improving the efficiency of daily operations. In this paper, we argue that by embracing non-profit social enterprise activities, animal shelters may improve anthropocentric animal shelter activities to positively affect human and non-human rights, welfare, and agency. We do not contend that non-profit animal shelters should sacrifice their stated mission or ethics to include business practices. Rather, by professionalizing management and operations that include self-sustaining diverse revenue streams, it may free up time and resources to make a greater effect in positive non-human animal welfare and outcomes.

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“…Destroy or alter the pest's metabolism. Examples include inorganic copper compounds, dithiocarbamate fungicides, phosphono amino acid herbicides and organophosphate insecticides [4].The application of pesticides has a significant effect on biodiversity. These affect the ability of soil to regenerate itself and remain viable for plant and animal life [5].Environment devastated by pesticides may take years to recover.…”

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This reported work describes residual pesticide analysis in different vegetables, during the period first quarter of the year. A Quick, Easy, Cheap, Effective, Rugged, and Safe (QuEChERS) method (AOAC Official Method 2007.01) was used to extract pesticide residues from vegetable samples. The vegetable, fruits and grain market-yard of Junagadh the district place of Gujarat is the selected place from which the vegetables are collected. In this study we reported the determination of pesticide residues from selected eight vegetables like cauliflower, brinjal, tomato, cabbage, cluster bean, bottle guard, okra, and chili.The samples were prepared by usual and established method and followed by extraction were subjected to analyses. The extracted pesticide residues were analyzed and quantified by standardized Gas Chromatography/Mass Spectrometry (GC-MS) method developed for 35 pesticide standards. The literature survey of the study of various samples, we tempted to do further study for the residue pesticides and residual insecticides analysis with more interest of its penetration and quantification in vegetables in order to understand the adverse effects and toxicity. The results indicate the presence of pesticide residues in some of the samples above the stated MRL (Maximum Residue Limit) value.

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Animal Intimacies

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