The Ethics of Reintroducing Large Carnivores: The Case of the California Grizzly

• Published in: Conservation and Society
• Main Authors: A Lee, A M Laird, L Brann, C Coxon, A J Hamilton, L A Lawhon, J A Martin, N Rehnberg, B P Tyrrell, Z Welch, B Hale, P S Alagona
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: Wolters Kluwer Medknow Publications 2021
• Subjects: environmental ethics; california; grizzly bears; large carnivore reintroduction; restoration ethics; Ecology; QH540-549.5; Northern Rockies; Ursus arctos
• Online Access: https://doi.org/10.4103/cs.cs_20_131; https://doaj.org/article/a7aa07ee2c7547b6a44dcf750cd86d4e

Efforts to reintroduce species to portions of their historic ranges are growing in number and kind. These include proposals and projects to reintroduce large carnivores in areas where these species have been absent for decades. Reintroductions, like all conservation efforts, involve not only empiric...