Categorising animals and habitats in disaster-related activities

July 2021 Pub Date : 2021-07-01 DOI:10.47389/36.3.57

I. Kelman

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A disaster is typically defined as a situation requiring external assistance, under the (contestable) assumption that the situation must affect people and society to be a disaster. Animals and their habitats are part of society and humans connect with them, so animals and their habitats are part of all disaster-related activities. This straightforward statement has produced divergent theories, policies and practices including challenges to categories, labels and divisions for humans and non-humans. This paper collates many practitioner aspects regarding animals and habitats in disaster-related activities. It assists in understanding and training for situations involving non-humans before, during and after a disaster. Five categories, sometimes overlapping, are provided of (non-human) animals and their habitats affected by disaster-related activities: companion animals, service animals, livelihood animals, captive animals and wildlife and wildland animals. Other aspects emerge about animals and habitats contributing to disasters and to disaster-related activities. Some ethical and practical issues are discussed regarding rights for, responsibilities of and disaster definitions relevant to dealing with animals during disasters.

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对灾害相关活动中的动物和栖息地进行分类

灾难通常被定义为需要外部援助的情况，在(有争议的)假设下，这种情况必须影响到人民和社会才能成为灾难。动物和它们的栖息地是社会的一部分，人类与它们联系在一起，所以动物和它们的栖息地是所有与灾害有关的活动的一部分。这种直截了当的说法产生了不同的理论、政策和实践，包括对人类和非人类的分类、标签和划分的挑战。本文整理了灾害相关活动中有关动物和栖息地的许多实践方面。它有助于在灾难发生之前、期间和之后理解和训练涉及非人类的情况。受灾害相关活动影响的(非人类)动物及其栖息地分为五类，有时相互重叠:伴侣动物、服务动物、生计动物、圈养动物、野生动物和野生动物。动物和栖息地对灾害和与灾害有关的活动的影响还体现在其他方面。讨论了在灾难中处理动物的权利、责任和灾难定义方面的一些伦理和实践问题。

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