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The broad subject of First Nations and decolonial perspectives on animal flourishing is addressed in this paper in a reading of references to canids in Mystery Road (2013), a film by the First Nations-Australian director, Ivan Sen, and Here Come the Dogs (2014), a novel by the Malaysian-Australian author Omar Musa. Dingoes and other wild dogs are a prominent trope in Sen’s film and tie to seemingly perdurable debates about the rights of these animals to flourish in Australia. Dingo advocates argue that dingoes are endemic to Australia, are Australia’s oldest introduced animals, and are a top predator species and so critical to the sustainability of many ecosystems across the length and breadth of Australia. In light of this argument, Australia’s biosecurity laws betray dingoes. The Act lists these animals as being pests, and therefore as animals that can be and should be eradicated. Dingo advocates point out also that what is threatening dingoes today more than the humans abiding ....
Define pastoral. pastoral synonyms, pastoral pronunciation, pastoral translation, English dictionary definition of pastoral. adj. 1. a. Of or relating to shepherds or herders. b. Of, relating to, or used for animal husbandry. 2. a. Of or relating to the country or country life;. ....
When I was in my early 20s, I was called to serve three small churches in the southeastern corner of Virginia. It was a very rural area where the main ....