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Environmental Justice for Animals

29 Sunday Jan 2012

Posted by Anastasia in Environmental Justice

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african american life, displacement of animal life, environmental racism, habitat destruction, habitat loss, habitat restoration, urban wildlife, wildlife habitat

Before some of y’all get mad or confused, the title is not an attempt to co-opt the phrase “environmental justice” away from communities of color plagued by environmental, health, and economic inequalities.  Nor is it an attempt to replace “animal rights.”  This post is concerning issues of space and habitat I’ve been grappling with for a while.  As I’ve started working directly with urban animals, urban black communities living in poverty, and this notion of interspecies community, I’ve had to rethink how I go about labeling some of these intersectional issues of habitat quality, the institutional shuffling of African Americans into ghettos that directly decrease their quality of life, the institutional displacement of animals in the city, unless they are “pets” under constant surveillance by “owners”, “entertainment” in a traveling circus, “livestock” in a backyard, captives in a zoo, or victims in a lab facility. Continue reading →

When it comes to habitat, the animal rights community grows silent

05 Tuesday Jul 2011

Posted by Anastasia in Animal Lives, Environmental Justice

≈ 7 Comments

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animal rights, corridor ecology, endangered species, habitat preservation, habitat restoration, habitat: space and place, wildlife conservation, wildlife habitat

Individual of endangered leatherback sea turtle

In 2007, Minnesota’s Habitat Conservation Partnership announced it reserved “100,000 acres and counting” of wildlife habitat.  What makes this project innovative is that these 100,000 acres are connected land, not isolated, checkered patches that often do more harm to wildlife than good.  Organizations allied in this partnership line the website’s sidebar and share their excitement for this “milestone” event.  These organizations include hunter advocacy groups like National Wild Turkey Federation, Pheasants Forever, and MN Deer Hunters Association.  I had to wonder, where are the animal rights groups in all of this?  Why weren’t they involved?  Continue reading →

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