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dc.contributor.authorAllen, Benjamin L.
dc.contributor.authorBobier, Christopher
dc.contributor.authorDawson, Stuart
dc.contributor.authorFleming, Peter J.S.
dc.contributor.authorHampton, Jordan
dc.contributor.authorJachowski, David
dc.contributor.authorKerley, Graham I.H.
dc.contributor.authorLinnell, John Durrus
dc.contributor.authorMarnewick, Kelly
dc.contributor.authorMinnie, Liaan
dc.contributor.authorMuthersbaugh, Mike
dc.contributor.authorO'Riain, M. Justin
dc.contributor.authorParker, Dan
dc.contributor.authorProulx, Gilbert
dc.contributor.authorSomers, Michael J.
dc.contributor.authorTitus, Keifer
dc.date.accessioned2023-08-24T08:20:01Z
dc.date.available2023-08-24T08:20:01Z
dc.date.created2023-08-11T10:23:11Z
dc.date.issued2023
dc.identifier.issn0048-9697
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/11250/3085565
dc.description.abstractKilling animals has been a ubiquitous human behaviour throughout history, yet it is becoming increasingly controversial and criticised in some parts of contemporary human society. Here we review 10 primary reasons why humans kill animals, discuss the necessity (or not) of these forms of killing, and describe the global ecological context for human killing of animals. Humans historically and currently kill animals either directly or indirectly for the following reasons: (1) wild harvest or food acquisition, (2) human health and safety, (3) agriculture and aquaculture, (4) urbanisation and industrialisation, (5) invasive, overabundant or nuisance wildlife control, (6) threatened species conservation, (7) recreation, sport or entertainment, (8) mercy or compassion, (9) cultural and religious practice, and (10) research,education and testing. While the necessity of some forms of animal killing is debatable and further depends on individual values, we emphasise that several of these forms of animal killing are a necessary component of our inescapable involvement in a single, functioning, finite, global food web. We conclude that humans (and all other animals) cannot live in a way that does not require animal killing either directly or indirectly, but humans can modify some of these killing behaviours in ways that improve the welfare of animals while they are alive, or to reduce animal suffering whenever they must be killed. We encourage a constructive dialogue that (1) accepts and permits human participation in one enormous global food web dependent on animal killing and (2) focuses on animal welfare and environmental sustainability. Doing so will improve the lives of both wild and domestic animals to a greater extent than efforts to avoid, prohibit or vilify human animal-killing behaviour. Animal ethics Conservation biology Culling Factory farmingen_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.rightsNavngivelse 4.0 Internasjonal*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/deed.no*
dc.subjectanimal ethicsen_US
dc.subjectconservation biologyen_US
dc.subjectcullingen_US
dc.subjectfactory farmingen_US
dc.subjectlethal controlen_US
dc.subjectveganismen_US
dc.titleWhy humans kill animals and why we cannot avoid iten_US
dc.typePeer revieweden_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.description.versionpublishedVersionen_US
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Zoologiske og botaniske fag: 480en_US
dc.subject.nsiVDP::Zoology and botany: 480en_US
dc.source.pagenumber13en_US
dc.source.volume896en_US
dc.source.journalScience of the Total Environmenten_US
dc.identifier.cristin2166326
dc.relation.projectAndre: South African Department of Science and Technologyen_US
dc.source.articlenumber165283en_US
cristin.ispublishedtrue
cristin.fulltextoriginal
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