"Fox tots attack shock": Urban foxes, mass media and boundary-breaching

Environmental Communication

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 494-511

  Cassidy, Angela ^a   Mills, Brett ^b  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animals and Media; Human Animal Studies; Space and Boundaries; Urban Environments; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

EID: 84871322161     PISSN: 17524032     EISSN: 17524040     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17524032.2012.716370     Document Type: Article

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