Shepherding in France: The Ambiguities of Caring for Nonhuman Animals in the Roya Valley, France.
For over half a century, wolves in France were extinct. In the absence of predators, the shepherds became accustomed to leaving the sheep roaming freely in the mountains in relative safety. However, at the end of the 1980s, wolves returned, resulting in many victims, conflicts, and a stark division...
| Publicado en: | Journal of Ecological Anthropology Vol. 26; no. 2; pp. 1 - 16 |
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Journal of Ecological Anthropology
2025
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