An eye-opening essay debunks two outdated dogmas of conservation science—specifically, that individuals don't matter and that anthropomorphism should be avoided at all costs.
Individuals, and the variation among them, can have huge ecological impacts and conservation implications.is a deeply suspect word, used to defend cruelty to creatures unable to speak and defend themselves against human exploitation.
Yet, in the next clip, we hear a scientist dismissing the interaction, stating we cannot know what goes on in the minds of nonhuman animals. I thought,"Hold on, bothand science are aligned on the ability for us to know other animals experience emotions, but the dogmas within the sciences are holding us back. We've got to fix this."KF et al.: Our paper aims to reconsider and upend two dogmatic norms within conservation science and practice.
Conservation scientists have been taught for years that caring about individuals will get in the way of broader conservationand anthropomorphizing is dangerous and unscientific. These norms live in textbooks, introductory lectures, and words of warning from advisors to advisees.When those convictions are challenged, we are bound to find resistance.
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