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Re: Asian Elephant Conservation—Too Elephantocentric? Towards a Biocultural Approach of Conservation

Re: Asian Elephant Conservation—Too Elephantocentric? Towards a Biocultural Approach of Conservation Asian Bioethics Review (2019) 11:133–139 https://doi.org/10.1007/s41649-019-00088-0 LETTER Re: Asian Elephant Conservation—Too Elephantocentric? Towards a Biocultural Approach of Conservation Sébastien Duffillot Received: 10 May 2019 / Accepted: 17 May 2019 / Published online: 28 May 2019 National University of Singapore and Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019 Although Lainé (2018), in his article in the December 2018 issue of ABR, provides a good perspective on Laos village life and the role of elephants in the not-too-distant past, we find it unfortunate that he chose the Elephant Conservation Centre (ECC) at Sayaboury as a negative example of modern Belephantocentric^ practice. The ECC stands out in that it experiments with re-herding while still explicitly not demonizing mahout behavior. Current Elephant Conservation Project in Laos: Discourses and Practices Elephant Rescues The ECC’s goal is not to remove elephants from the villages where they live. Elephants are being sold by their owners who can no longer care for them, or simply decide to sell them because they can no longer generate an income with them, due to a lack of opportunities in the logging and/or tourism industries. In some extreme cases, male elephants made redundant in the logging industry, and considered too dangerous for http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Asian Bioethics Review Springer Journals

Re: Asian Elephant Conservation—Too Elephantocentric? Towards a Biocultural Approach of Conservation

Duffillot, Sébastien
Asian Bioethics Review , Volume 11 (2) – May 28, 2019
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Philosophy; Bioethics; Ethics; Medical Law; Public Health; Biomedicine, general; Health Administration
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10.1007/s41649-019-00088-0
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Asian Bioethics Review (2019) 11:133–139 https://doi.org/10.1007/s41649-019-00088-0 LETTER Re: Asian Elephant Conservation—Too Elephantocentric? Towards a Biocultural Approach of Conservation Sébastien Duffillot Received: 10 May 2019 / Accepted: 17 May 2019 / Published online: 28 May 2019 National University of Singapore and Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2019 Although Lainé (2018), in his article in the December 2018 issue of ABR, provides a good perspective on Laos village life and the role of elephants in the not-too-distant past, we find it unfortunate that he chose the Elephant Conservation Centre (ECC) at Sayaboury as a negative example of modern Belephantocentric^ practice. The ECC stands out in that it experiments with re-herding while still explicitly not demonizing mahout behavior. Current Elephant Conservation Project in Laos: Discourses and Practices Elephant Rescues The ECC’s goal is not to remove elephants from the villages where they live. Elephants are being sold by their owners who can no longer care for them, or simply decide to sell them because they can no longer generate an income with them, due to a lack of opportunities in the logging and/or tourism industries. In some extreme cases, male elephants made redundant in the logging industry, and considered too dangerous for

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Published: May 28, 2019

References

  • Asian elephant conservation too elephantocentric? Towards a biocultural approach of conservation
    Lainé, N
  • The living elephants: Evolutionary ecology, behavior, and conservation
    Sukumar, R