🐗 New paper: What does "wildness" mean in a rewilded pygmy hog?
After 12 months in Assam, I explore: rewilded hogs are liminal, meanings of wildness, taming as joint politics, contaminated freedom, animal cultures, and how conservation learns (or fails to).
🔗 Link below
doi.org/10.1080/1388...
The pygmy hog (Porcula salvania), the world’s smallest and one of the rarest wild pigs, is the focus of a reintroduction effort in Northeast India, where a captive-breeding programme launched in 19...
