The international trade in African lion (Panthera leo): ethics and evidence

Thesis

A complex nexus of concerns is often attendant upon cases of international trade in wildlife products. Concerns may include: species conservation, livelihoods, personal freedoms, animal welfare, and politics. Regulatory decision-making regarding wildlife trade is rarely straight-forward, given the multitude of (often conflicting) perspectives manifest in such debates. The international trade in African lion (Panthera leo) skeletons, of which over 6000 have been legally exported from South ...

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Authors: Coals, P

• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Keywords: Lion bone; Decision-making; Conservation Ethics; Argument Analysis; Policy; Wildlife Trade; Applied Ethics; Wildlife Conservation
• Subjects: Ethics; Lion; Trade regulation; Wildlife conservation