Hospital of wild animals: an absent category in the brazilian fauna protection structure
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.6008/CBPC2179-6858.2019.001.0005Keywords:
Conservation, Euthanasia, Hospitalization, Sociobiodiversity, Urban AmazonAbstract
Among the institutions allowed to keep wild animals in captivity, the Brazilian legal system provides no space for the hospital category. Based on such fact, this article resorts to field research in a university veterinary hospital (UVH) specialized in the care of wild animals, aiming to identify distinctive characteristics of this type of institution in relation to the legally recognized categories. Research is guided by qualitative methods, using participant observation and semi-structured interviews. By revealing the particularities of this category and indicating the utopias that animate its existence in the social world, the paper concludes that the denial of its recognition by the environmental authorities reflects the alignment to contrasting conceptions on the notion of fauna protection. It also concludes that such denial affects the way UVH resident trainees and veterinarians construct their perceptions of the objectives to be pursued, betraying the very founding utopias of their project and hampering the effectiveness of conservation action.
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