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This is a book that has been needed for decades. It is the first compendium of recent research on a group of mammals that received almost no attention prior to the early 1970's and has not received enough since - the small carnivores. Although the larger members of the Carnivora were studied earlier than this date, notably the grey wolf, Lupus lupus, in Europe and the "Big Cats" in Africa, especially the lion, Panthera leo, and have been the objects of numerous studies since, the smaller members of the carnivore group were mostly ignored. Nearly all the scientists involved in the earlier carnivore studies were Europeans, with the notable exception of George Schaller from the USA with his benchmark study of the African lion in the late 1960s. In general, this book covers such a wide range of subdisciplines and techniques that it should be considered a solid baseline for further necessary research on this little-known group of highly interesting mammals. As our knowledge regarding how ecosystems function increases, the valuable role of small carnivores and the necessity for their conservation should be regarded as of paramount importance. The topics covered in this book should therefore be of great interest not only to academics and wildlife researchers, but also to the interested layman.

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As modern science and critical scholarship are beginning to recognize nonhuman animals as fellow subjects and conscious, sentient beings with interests and deserving of respect, moral dilemmas abound as humanity acknowledges the threats our activities pose to human and nonhuman animal life, including the sixth mass extinction, anthropogenic climate change, and widespread exploitation. In this 2022 Special Issue of the Journalism and Media journal, communication professors Carrie Freeman and Núria Almiron curated scholarship assessing the impact this environmental havoc is having on nonhuman animals living in nature (including those free-roaming animals who coexist in our urban spaces) and the vital role that media and communication play in contributing to and remedying these crises. Seven scholars across the USA and Spain contributed chapters exploring how issues affecting “wildlife” (such as octopuses, sharks, coyotes, parakeets, and fishes) are constructed in media and political discourses or are perceived and acted upon by public media, and the authors provide prescriptions to problems facing animals in nature, offering constructive guidance to communicators (from activists to journalists to film-makers).

Humanities --- Social interaction --- white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) --- shark–human conflict --- predators/carnivores and perceived threat --- fear --- science --- pseudoscience --- Jaws --- media representation --- Tiger King --- COVID-19 media --- popular culture --- zoos --- quarantine --- captive wildlife --- creative/critical animal and media studies --- rhetoric --- environmental communication --- eudaimonia --- ethos --- more-than-human --- sensitized compassion --- sixth mass extinction --- Racing Extinction --- Seaspiracy --- manta rays --- animal imagery --- colonialism --- fishing --- shark fin trade --- coyotes --- discourse --- neutralization techniques --- killing contests --- wildlife management --- monk parakeet --- Madrid --- press representation --- invasive species --- conservationism --- control methods --- speciesism --- framing analysis --- text analysis --- sentiment analysis --- n/a --- shark-human conflict