Brian Griffith's Blog - Posts Tagged "wild-animals"

In terms of managing animals in the countryside, public sympathy has largely switched from protecting farm livestock to protecting wild animals, including wolves. Historian Jon Coleman points out that North America’s rising urban majority has increasingly ceased to have any emotional connection to the farm animals they eat. Instead, these city dwellers relate to picturesque creatures of the wilderness. It’s more a switch in animal loyalties than any overall rise in mercy.
War and Peace with the Beasts: A History of Our Relationships with Animals