Science and Uncertainty in South Africa's Elephant Culling Debate:

摘要: We analyse the debate about culling of elephants in South Africa's national parks. This pits need to reduce elephant density and grazing pressure prevent environmental damage against animal-welfare concerns killing elephants. complex is characterised by factual uncertainty moral complexity. The procull storyline suggests that high densities pose a risk biodiversity. anticull standpoint critiques this position as politically economically motivated lacking adequate scientific support. Both positions draw on science source authority, precautionary principle framework for making decisions. They differ their interpretation evidence serious impacts densities, relations between scientific, ethical, economic arguments, way idea approach are used. A decision resume Africa was ...