The precarity of nonhuman livelihoods: rethinking speciesism in a genocidal state

Thesis

This thesis explores wildlife-human relations in the United States during the years of the Trump Administration. It is a multispecies, multi-sited ethnography that focuses on the gray wolf (Canis lupus), which repatriated much of the western U.S. after 66 wolves were reintroduced to Yellowstone National Park and Central Idaho in 1995-6. I chose the wolf for its ability to evoke strong reactions from most humans. This provided insight into wildlife-human relations in a myriad of legal, soci...

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Authors: Thomsen, TB

• Type of award: DPhil
• Level of award: Doctoral
• Awarding institution: University of Oxford
• Language: English
• Subjects: Multispecies Justice; Environmental Anthropology; Gray wolf; Science--Social aspects