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Future of Thailand's captive elephants: commentary on Baker & Winkler on elephant rewilding
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posted on 2023-06-07, 07:02 authored by Antoinette van de Water, Michelle Henley, Lucy Bates, Rob SlotowRemoval from natural habitat and commodification as private property compromise elephants’ broader societal value. Although we support Baker & Winkler’s (2020) plea for a new community-based rewilding conservation model focused on mahout culture, we recommend an expanded co-management approach to complement and enhance the regional elephant conservation strategy with additional local community stakeholders and the potential to extend across international borders into suitable elephant habitat. Holistic co-management approaches improve human wellbeing and social cohesion, as well as elephant wellbeing, thereby better securing long-term survival of Asian elephants, environmental justice, and overall sustainability.
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Animal SentienceISSN
2377-7478Publisher
The Humane Society Institute for Science and PolicyExternal DOI
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28Volume
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1-6Department affiliated with
- Psychology Publications
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