The degradation of hunting and hunters

Authors

  • Władimir Jewgienjewicz Borejko Kijowskie Centrum Ekologiczno-Kulturalne

Keywords:

criticism of hunting, the nefariousness of hunting, the anti-hunting movement, the dubious right to hunting, the ideology of hunting

Abstract

The author of the article discusses the history of the moral degradation of hunting in the former USSR, in Ukraine and in Russia mainly on the basis of a critical overview of the hunting press. Criticism is directed against the practice of the defence of hunting by means of squealing.

Author Biography

Władimir Jewgienjewicz Borejko, Kijowskie Centrum Ekologiczno-Kulturalne

Władimir Jewgienjewicz Borejko – ukraiński zoolog i ekolog. Ukończył biologię na Donieckim Uniwersytecie Państwowym, pracował w Zarządzie Ukraińskiego Towarzystwa Ochrony Przyrody i w Ministerstwie Ochrony Przyrody Ukrainy. Obecnie dyrektor Centrum Ekologiczno-Kulturalnego w Kijowie. Redaktor naczelny popularnonaukowego kwartalnika ekologicznego „Гуманитарный экологический журнал”. Członek Komisji Obszarów Chronionych IUCN. Przyczynił się do utworzenia ponad 200 obszarów chronionych na terenie całej Ukrainy. W 2010 roku prezydent Ukrainy Wiktor Juszczenko przyznał mu tytuł Zasłużony dla Ochrony Przyrody Ukrainy. Zagraniczny korespondent miesięcznika „Dzikie Życie”. Autor i redaktor ponad 50 książek o ochronie przyrody, w tym monografii poświęconej krytyce polowania (Брось охоту – стань человеком. Сост. В. Борейко. Киев 2005), która ostro piętnuje polowanie oraz wędkarstwo dla sportu i rozrywki jako działania amoralne i nieekologiczne, naruszające prawa zwierząt.

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Published

2018-12-24

How to Cite

Borejko, W. J. (2018). The degradation of hunting and hunters. Zoophilologica. Polish Journal of Animal Studies, (4), 135–140. Retrieved from https://trrest.vot.pl/ojsus/index.php/ZOOPHILOLOGICA/article/view/7526

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No. 4 (2018): Zoophilologica - T.4 (2018) - Polowanie

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