Pets and Pests? Framing Human–Cat Moral Ecologies in the Canary Islands, Spain

Felis catus is considered a domestic species, but the individuals belonging to this taxonomic category navigate along the domestic-wild-feral spectrum. This ethnography draws attention to the plethora of adjectives used by three social groups, namely biologists, hunters, and animal-rights campaigner...

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Author: Pons-Raga, Ferran
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2024
Country:España
Institution:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10261/369623
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Keyword:Canary Islands (Spain)
cat (Felis catus)
domestic/wild/feral spectrum
framing
moral ecology
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spelling Pets and Pests? Framing Human–Cat Moral Ecologies in the Canary Islands, SpainPons-Raga, FerranCanary Islands (Spain)cat (Felis catus)domestic/wild/feral spectrumframingmoral ecologyhttp://metadata.un.org/sdg/3Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all agescatsFelis catus is considered a domestic species, but the individuals belonging to this taxonomic category navigate along the domestic-wild-feral spectrum. This ethnography draws attention to the plethora of adjectives used by three social groups, namely biologists, hunters, and animal-rights campaigners, to examine the ways in which these terms serve to frame cats concerning different moral ecologies in Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain). The use of these adjectives is always morally charged and pursues specific political agendas regarding how cats should be framed, whether as companion domestic animals to care for or devastating feral predators to kill based on their negative impact in the environment. By teasing out the rationales behind these adjectives, this ethnography reveals how the variables of space and time are key to bringing cats in or pushing them out the human sphere through synchronic or diachronic moral ecologies.This research was supported by the Spanish Ministry of Science and Innovation under the Juan de la Cierva fellowship (JDC2022-048564-I).Peer reviewedSage PublicationsMinisterio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)Pons-Raga, Ferran [0000-0003-2080-9862]Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]202420242024info:eu-repo/semantics/articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501Publisher's versioninfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersionhttp://hdl.handle.net/10261/369623reponame:DIGITAL.CSIC. Repositorio Institucional del CSICinstname:Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas (CSIC)Ingléshttps://doi.org/10.1177/0891241624128650Síinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:digital.csic.es:10261/3696232026-05-22T06:33:51Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Pets and Pests? Framing Human–Cat Moral Ecologies in the Canary Islands, Spain
title Pets and Pests? Framing Human–Cat Moral Ecologies in the Canary Islands, Spain
spellingShingle Pets and Pests? Framing Human–Cat Moral Ecologies in the Canary Islands, Spain
Pons-Raga, Ferran
Canary Islands (Spain)
cat (Felis catus)
domestic/wild/feral spectrum
framing
moral ecology
http://metadata.un.org/sdg/3
Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
cats
title_short Pets and Pests? Framing Human–Cat Moral Ecologies in the Canary Islands, Spain
title_full Pets and Pests? Framing Human–Cat Moral Ecologies in the Canary Islands, Spain
title_fullStr Pets and Pests? Framing Human–Cat Moral Ecologies in the Canary Islands, Spain
title_full_unstemmed Pets and Pests? Framing Human–Cat Moral Ecologies in the Canary Islands, Spain
title_sort Pets and Pests? Framing Human–Cat Moral Ecologies in the Canary Islands, Spain
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Pons-Raga, Ferran
author Pons-Raga, Ferran
author_facet Pons-Raga, Ferran
author_role author
dc.contributor.none.fl_str_mv Ministerio de Ciencia e Innovación (España)
Pons-Raga, Ferran [0000-0003-2080-9862]
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas [https://ror.org/02gfc7t72]
dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Canary Islands (Spain)
cat (Felis catus)
domestic/wild/feral spectrum
framing
moral ecology
http://metadata.un.org/sdg/3
Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
cats
topic Canary Islands (Spain)
cat (Felis catus)
domestic/wild/feral spectrum
framing
moral ecology
http://metadata.un.org/sdg/3
Ensure healthy lives and promote well-being for all at all ages
cats
description Felis catus is considered a domestic species, but the individuals belonging to this taxonomic category navigate along the domestic-wild-feral spectrum. This ethnography draws attention to the plethora of adjectives used by three social groups, namely biologists, hunters, and animal-rights campaigners, to examine the ways in which these terms serve to frame cats concerning different moral ecologies in Tenerife (Canary Islands, Spain). The use of these adjectives is always morally charged and pursues specific political agendas regarding how cats should be framed, whether as companion domestic animals to care for or devastating feral predators to kill based on their negative impact in the environment. By teasing out the rationales behind these adjectives, this ethnography reveals how the variables of space and time are key to bringing cats in or pushing them out the human sphere through synchronic or diachronic moral ecologies.
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