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https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Janet_Pauketat

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Liv Baker and Rebecca Winkler, Asian elephant rescue, rehabilitation and rewilding

Abstract

Baker & Winkler describe the complexities of captive elephant conservation efforts in Thailand through multiple lenses. They advocate rewilding captive elephants within mixed elephant-human communities based on the benefits to captive elephants as well as to Karen mahout communities, given the entrenched economic and social systems in Thailand. From a psychological perspective, this advocacy is grounded in considerations of culture, cognition, speciesism, the differential valuing of others in social hierarchies, and the potential for positive interaction to build positive emotions and trust that enable successful rewilding in a world of elephants and humans.

Author Biography

Janet Pauketat is a postdoctoral research associate at Princeton University, Department of Psychology. She conducts research on the psychology of how socio-cultural contexts and emotion shape human behavior, on global citizenship and trust, and on the dynamics of collective emotions in social interactions. Website

DOI

10.51291/2377-7478.1559