Dreadful/delightful killing: The contested nature of duck hunting

Society and Animals

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 151-167

  McLeod, Carmen M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

duck shooting; ethical discourses of hunting; nature; New Zealand; wetland conservation

Indexed keywords

ANAS; ANIMALIA;

EID: 34547373908     PISSN: 10631119     EISSN: 15685306     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/156853007X187108     Document Type: Article

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