Wildlife Trade and COVID-19: Towards a Criminology of Anthropogenic Pathogen Spillover

The general remit of this paper is the role of wildlife trade in pathogen spillover. Its underlying assumption is that, so far from being the exclusive domain of the life sciences, the study of pathogen spillover will be greatly enhanced by multi-perspectival approaches, including One Health and tho...

Descripción completa

Guardado en:  
Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Beirne, Piers (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Electrónico Artículo
Lenguaje:Inglés
Publicado: 2021
En: The British journal of criminology
Año: 2021, Volumen: 61, Número: 3, Páginas: 607-626
Acceso en línea: Presumably Free Access
Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Journals Online & Print:
Gargar...
Verificar disponibilidad: HBZ Gateway
Palabras clave:
Covid-19
Speciesism
Wildlife trade
Wuhan
anthroponosis
pathogen spillover
theriocide
Descripción
Sumario:The general remit of this paper is the role of wildlife trade in pathogen spillover. Its underlying assumption is that, so far from being the exclusive domain of the life sciences, the study of pathogen spillover will be greatly enhanced by multi-perspectival approaches, including One Health and those employed here, namely, non-speciesist green criminology and critical animal studies. The paper moves from discussions of zoonosis, anthroponosis and wildlife trade to the emergence of COVID-19 in Wuhan, China. The paper recommends the abolition of all wildlife trade and the reclamation of wildlife habitat and broaches discussion of the extension of legal personhood to wild animals.
ISSN:1464-3529
DOI:10.1093/bjc/azaa084