Saving Animals: The Politics of Rescue, Captivity, and Care
ENVS 295
Spring 2021
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| Course Cluster and Certificates: Animal Studies |
This course examines the major issues related to captive animal care and rescue across a wide variety of contexts, especially the current global extinction crisis, with specific attention to the ethical, political, and social dimensions of human-animal interactions. Discussions, films, readings, and an independent research project will introduce students to key concepts related to animal care and rescue. Specifically, the course will focus on topics including the ethical dilemmas of care, the politics of extinction and conservation, animal trafficking, wildlife rehabilitation efforts, wildlife refuges, captive animal sanctuaries, and zoos. |
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| Credit: 1 |
Gen Ed Area Dept:
NSM ENVS |
| Course Format: Lecture / Discussion | Grading Mode: Student Option |
| Level: UGRD |
Prerequisites: None |
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Fulfills a Requirement for: (ANST-MN)(ENVS-MN)(ENVS)(STS) |
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Past Enrollment Probability: 50% - 74% |
| SECTION 01 |
Major Readings: Wesleyan RJ Julia Bookstore
Readings TBD, but can possibly include: Elan Abrell: SAVING ANIMALS: MULTISPECIES ECOLOGIES OF RESCUE AND CARE; Rosemary-Claire Collard: ANIMAL TRAFFIC: LIVELY CAPITAL IN THE GLOBAL EXOTIC PET TRADE; Irus Braverman: ZOOLAND: THE INSTITUTION OF CAPTIVITY; Lori Gruen (ed.): THE ETHICS OF CAPTIVITY; Juno Salazar Parreñas: DECOLONIZING EXTINCTION: THE WORK OF CARE IN ORANGUTAN REHABILITATION; and Thom Van Dooren: FLIGHT WAYS: LIFE AND LOSS AT THE EDGE OF EXTINCTION.
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Examinations and Assignments:
2 short papers, book review, final paper. |
Additional Requirements and/or Comments:
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| Instructor(s): Abrell,Elan Louis Times: ..T.... 01:00PM-03:50PM; Location: ONLINE; |
| Total Enrollment Limit: 25 | | SR major: 5 | JR major: 5 | | |
| Seats Available: -1 | GRAD: X | SR non-major: 5 | JR non-major: 5 | SO: 5 | FR: X |
| Drop/Add Enrollment Requests | | | | | |
| Total Submitted Requests: 9 | 1st Ranked: 1 | 2nd Ranked: 1 | 3rd Ranked: 1 | 4th Ranked: 0 | Unranked: 6 |
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