Title
Ethics and Familiarity with Elephant Population Management
Date of Award
Spring 4-3-2020
Document Type
Honors Thesis
Degree Name
Bachelor of Science
Department
Biology
First Advisor
Erin Barding
Second Advisor
Royce Dansby-Sparks
Third Advisor
Stephen Smith
Abstract
Biologists study population statuses because, while many species are considered healthy, others are overpopulated or vulnerable to extinction. Assessing the extinction risk for various species on earth can be a difficult task. The International Union for Conservation of Nature(IUCN) is the global authority in charge of assessing a species’ status and putting it on the “Red List” (Blanc 2008). This IUCN Red List uses scientific studies such as population assessments and threat assessments to properly label a species as least concern, near threatened, vulnerable, endangered, critically endangered, extinct in the wild, or extinct (NRDC 2016). Within these categories, least concern is considered the highest ranking with a healthy population and extinct is considered the lowest ranking meaning they no longer exist (Blanc 2008).
Recommended Citation
Shook, Katelyn, "Ethics and Familiarity with Elephant Population Management" (2020). Honors Theses. 54.
https://digitalcommons.northgeorgia.edu/honors_theses/54