Caplan, Pat. 2010. Death on the Farm: culling badgers in North Pembrokeshire. Anthropology Today, 26(2), pp. 14-18. ISSN 0268-540X [Article]

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The Welsh Assembly Government has recently announced its intention to cull all badgers from North Pembrokeshire on the grounds that they are vectors of bovine tuberculosis. This article considers some local reactions to this news, ranging from those who support the cull wholeheartedly to those who argue against it, and some of the reasons why people adopt different standpoints. The article considers a range of issues which help explain why people think as they do; these include perception of risk, ethnicity, ideas about animals and wildlife, the selective uses of both scientific literature and emotion, and finally some of the local and regional politics involved.

Item Type:	Article
Identification Number (DOI):	https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-8322.2010.00722.x
Departments, Centres and Research Units:	Anthropology
Dates:	Date Event 2010 Published
Item ID:	18351
Date Deposited:	16 May 2016 16:13
Last Modified:	16 Jun 2017 10:59
Peer Reviewed:	Yes, this version has been peer-reviewed.
URI:	https://research.gold.ac.uk/id/eprint/18351

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