Tourism and Animal Rights

Fennell, David A.

doi:10.1080/02508281.2012.11081700

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“…Efforts in the area of animal rights, but only in a cursory manner, include Hughes (1995), Robson and Robson (1996), Natzke (1999), Orams (2002), Boyne et al (2003), Herrera and Hoagland (2006), Novelli et al (2006), and Wearing andJobbems (2011). Hughes (2001), Lovelock (2008) and examined animal rights more broadly, with Fennell (2012b) employing animal rights as the central focus of his work.…”

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Tourism, Animals and Utilitarianism

Fennell¹

2012

Tourism Recreation Research

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Although tourism researchers have recently started to examine moral issues tied to the use of animals in tourism, there is much work that needs to be done. It is particularly important to introduce animal ethics theories into the tourism lexicon because of the vast number of ways the tourism industry uses animals for commercial and personal benefit. Such theories provide a basis from which to examine these uses from different vantage points. This paper employs utilitarian theory, in particular Peter Singer's views, in an attempt to more clearly understand the consequences of our use of animals in tourism. Emphasis is placed on broadly mapping the terrain of utilitarianism, identifying its central properties, examining some of the main criticisms of the theory, and exploring how utilitarian thinking can help in our consideration of the moral acceptability of certain tourism practices, especially zoos.

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Tourism, Animals and Utilitarianism

Fennell¹

2012

Tourism Recreation Research

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“…In the tourism literature, there are few studies concerning animal ethics (Shani and Pizam 2008;Cousquer and Allison 2012;Fennell 2012aFennell , 2012bFennell , 2012c and few scholars have used the ecofeminist approach (Fennell and Sheppard 2011;Fennell 2012a;Bertella 2013;Yudina and Fennell2013). One of these studies concerns dog sledding tourism and reports on a Canadian case in which several dogs were culled as they were considered to exceed the tourism demand for dog sledding tours and therefore useless (Fennel and Sheppard 2011).…”

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The Co-creation of Animal-based Tourism Experience

Bertella¹

2014

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“…Theodore Vitali (1990: 69) condemned 'hunting [as] a disgusting sport that recalls and rehearses the worst in human behavior' (quoted in Gunn 2001: 70). Proponents of an ethics of conviction in the discourse of animal ethics (Fennell 2012a), such as the advocates of animal rights (Fennell 2012b;Regan 2004), animal liberation (Callicutt 1980Singer 1995), deep ecology (Reis 2009) and eco-feminism (Kheel 1996), prioritize unconditionally the preservation of life of individual animals and hence oppose hunting under any circumstances. Some animal rights activists have expressedly condemned hunting as obscene killing, or a war on wildlife (Dizard 1999: 30).…”

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Recreational Hunting: Ethics, Experiences and Commoditization

Cohen¹

2014

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Starting with the paradox that hunters claim to love the animal species they hunt, this article examines three inter-related issues: the ethics of hunting, the hunting experience and the commoditization of hunting in the contemporary world. I discuss two contrary philosophical approaches to hunting in general, and then turn to the specific problem of the ethics of recreational hunting, arguing that its protagonists fail to render a consistent justification for killing animals merely for the experience, but create a hunting ideology which obfuscates the issue. While hunters claim that the chase is the main point of hunting, its conclusion in the kill constitutes the apex of the hunting experience. However, the intensity of the experience fades with the commoditization of the pray in the contemporary world. I present a series of settings according to the extent to which they are 'framed,' ranging from open areas, designated 'wildernesses,' and game parks, to game farms (and virtual hunting establishments), where tame and restricted animals are easily shot for a trophy at a stiff price. The outrage the hunting community raised by those practices, serves to highlight its moral supremacy. The article concludes that the paradox of killing a loved animal inherent in recreational hunting is irresolvable on the ethical sphere, but can be interpreted as an antinomian but exalted ritual, resembling sacrifice in the religious sphere.

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Tourism and Animal Rights

Cited by 66 publications

References 46 publications

Tourism, Animals and Utilitarianism

Tourism, Animals and Utilitarianism

The Co-creation of Animal-based Tourism Experience

Recreational Hunting: Ethics, Experiences and Commoditization

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