South Africa: Ensuring Animal Wellbeing Is Not an Extremist Movement, As Commercial-Use Proponents Will Have You Believe

South Africa: Ensuring Animal Wellbeing Is Not an Extremist Movement, As Commercial-Use Proponents Will Have You Believe

Inaccurate and misleading language is being used to justify the commercial exploitation of wildlife and discredit those who advocate for animal welfare and wellbeing.

Ensuring animal wellbeing is not an extremist movement, as commercial-use proponents will have you believe - Conservation Action Trust

It’s time to set the record straight. Antagonistic narratives surrounding the commercial use of wildlife have seen a significant upswing in recent months with renewed vigour given to the dated notion of “if it pays, it stays”. But there’s a major omission: any vestige of a solid, evidence-based supporting argument rooted in rigorous scientific processes. Language and misrepresentation There’s a second striking concern in these arguments that cen…

Ensuring animal wellbeing is not an extremist movement, as commercial-use proponents will have you believe

By Stephanie Klarmann - Daily Maverick Inaccurate and misleading language is being used to justify the commercial exploitation of wildlife and discredit those who advocate for animal welfare and wellbeing. It’s time to set the record straight. Antagonistic narratives surrounding the commercial use of wildlife have seen a significant upswing in recent months with renewed vigour given to the dated notion of “if it pays, it stays”. But there’s a ma…