Szydlowski Michelle
St. Luke's Campus, University of Exeter, Exeter EX12LU, UK.
Animals (Basel). 2024 Jan 4;14(1):171. doi: 10.3390/ani14010171.
Endangered Asian elephants () find themselves at the center of debates involving politics, land use, human-wildlife conflict, and environmental justice. The intensity of such debates has led scholars to label conservation challenges as wicked problems with profound implications on local and global practice. In elephant range states such as Nepal, these debates are made more complex through human 'ownership' of endangered individuals for use in tourism, worship, or co-work. Human perspectives on the ethics of using animals for tourism are changing, even in areas heavily reliant on the tourism industry for survival. These debates become inflamed when non-residents take on adversarial positions despite an acceptance of the 'ownership' or 'use' of endangered individuals among local communities. Novel approaches are needed if there is any hope of establishing a common ground upon which to build relationships which may benefit community members, international interests, and endangered individuals.
濒危的亚洲象发现自己处于涉及政治、土地使用、人类与野生动物冲突以及环境正义的辩论中心。此类辩论的激烈程度已导致学者们将保护挑战标记为棘手问题，对地方和全球实践具有深远影响。在尼泊尔等大象分布国，由于人类对濒危个体的“所有权”用于旅游、崇拜或合作，这些辩论变得更加复杂。即使在严重依赖旅游业生存的地区，人类对将动物用于旅游的伦理观念也在发生变化。当非居民尽管当地社区接受对濒危个体的“所有权”或“使用”，却采取对抗立场时，这些辩论就会激化。如果有希望建立一个共同基础，在此基础上建立可能使社区成员、国际利益相关者和濒危个体受益的关系，就需要新的方法。
