Natural Enemies: People-Wildlife Conflicts in Anthropological Perspective

Wild animals and pests raid crops, attack livestock, and can threaten people. Conflicts with wildlife are widespread, assume a variety of forms, and elicit a range of human responses. For the anthropologists, people-wildlife conflicts readily invite symbolic analysis. This volume examines people-wildlife conflicts in Europe, Africa and Asia from an anthropological perspective.

Ben Campbell lectures at the Department of Social Anthropology, University of Manchester and at the School of Social Relations, Keele University. John Knight is Lecturer in Social Anthropology at Queen's University Belfast Axel Kohler holds a research post at the Centre for Mexican and Central American Studies in San Cristobal de las Casas, Chiapas, Mexico Galina Lindquist is Research Fellow and part-time Lecturer in the Department of Social Anthropology, University of Stockholm Garry Marvin is Senior Lecturer in the Department of Sociology and Social Policy, University of Surrey Roehampton Kay Milton is Reader in Social Anthropology at Queen's University Belfast. Brian Morris teaches anthropology at Goldsmiths College, University of London Paul Richards is Professor of Anthropology at University College London and Chair of the Technology and Agrarian Development (TAO) Group at Wageningen University, The Netherlands Simon Rye is a researcher at the Centre for Development and the Environment, University of Oslo S. Hoon Song is a PhD candidate in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Chicago. He is also Visiting Assistant Professor in the Department of Anthropology at George Washington University (Washington, DC)