Animal Genocide and its Aftermath

In this exacting assessment of the bounty policies enacted against the Tasmanian Tiger and the Newfoundland Wolf, Animal Genocide and its Aftermath provides a much-needed reappraisal of the legal, political, and social definition of animal killing. Analyzing natural history collections and cultural representations, this book advances a compelling case for viewing the bounty schemes as a form of genocide that requires its own historical reckoning. Ethical issues regarding the evocation of animal genocide in film, literature, photography and museum exhibitions are also explored.

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Acknowledgements

Introduction: Cruelty, Thy Name is Wolf!

Chapter 1. Animal Genocide
Chapter 2. Material Witnesses: Thylacine Remains and Animal Histories
Chapter 3. Displaying the Thylacine: Exhibiting Genocide by Any Other Name
Chapter 4. The Compulsion to Repeat: Erle Wilson's Coorinna
Chapter 5. Coloured by Suffering: Capturing the Thylacine on Film
Chapter 6. The Newfoundland Wolf

Afterword: Afterimages of the Genocidal Gaze

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