Stamping Out Animal Culling: From Anthropocentrism to One Health Ethics.
Badgers
Culling
One Health
Practical ethics
Journal
Journal of agricultural & environmental ethics
ISSN: 1187-7863
Titre abrégé: J Agric Environ Ethics
Pays: Canada
ID NLM: 101083580
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
2021
2021
Historique:
accepted:
04
12
2020
entrez:
6
9
2021
pubmed:
7
9
2021
medline:
7
9
2021
Statut:
ppublish
Résumé
Culling is used in traditional public health policies to control animal populations. These policies aim primarily to protect human interests but often fail to provide scientific evidence of effectiveness. In this article, we defend the need to move from a strictly anthropocentric approach to disease control towards a One Health ethics, using culling practices as an example. We focus on the recent badger culls in the UK, claiming that, based on data provided by the English Government, these culls may be unjustified, all thing considered. We highlight the relevance of ethical reasoning rooted in One Health for this discussion, and make several suggestions including a moratorium on culling until data are provided to support the effectiveness of culling; to conduct a randomized trial to compare proactive culling with alternative methods; to apply deliberative democratic methods to assess public opinion towards the culls, and to find in Brexit an opportunity for aiming for more effective control measures.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34483696
doi: 10.1007/s10806-021-09868-x
pii: 9868
pmc: PMC8403469
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
27Informations de copyright
© The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer Nature B.V. 2021.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
Conflict of interestThe authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
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