Another legacy for Canada's 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games: Applying an ethical lens to the post-games' sled dog cull

Journal of Ecotourism

Volumn 10, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 197-213

  Fennell, David A ^a   Sheppard, Valerie A ^b  

^a BROCK UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b ROYAL ROADS UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

British Columbia; ecofeminist theory; ethics; nature based tourism; Olympics; rights theory; sled dogs; utilitarianism theory

Indexed keywords

CORPORATE STRATEGY; ECOFEMINISM; ETHICS; OLYMPIC GAMES; THEORETICAL STUDY; TOURISM MANAGEMENT;

BRITISH COLUMBIA; CANADA;

ANIMALIA; CANIS FAMILIARIS;

EID: 84857292433     PISSN: 14724049     EISSN: 17477638     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/14724049.2011.617452     Document Type: Review

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