Has your book tour ignited ideas for a next book for you? And many biology students that I met are very interested in these types of ethical questions.ģ.
Some of the issues that I tried to tackle were what's the appropriate role for us today in relationship to nature? How far should we intervene? How important is the concept of wilderness? Is it a real thing? I found that some of the educators and scientists that I talked with felt those questions were relevant to the work they're doing. What reactions has your book had from scientists? I find that interesting, and it's a debate that we could extend to places other than Australia, I think.Ģ. The question is whether to put up fences on certain beaches, and people are asking whether it's the shark's habitat or our habitat.
The country has a vibrant beach culture, which is great, but there's also a debate over how to protect people from sharks. More encouragingly, in Australia there's a strong debate regarding sharks and beaches. Money is being spent to save Florida Panthers, but every year, something like 10 to 15 percent of the panthers unfortunately are killed by cars. However, even though some cured animals are now being released, some are also being hit by cars. Then, separately, Tasmanian Devils have facial tumor disease. It's being discussed as a potential candidate for resurrection, for the second time-after the first time failed. There were great cases specific to Australia, such as the Thylacine (also known as the Tasmanian Tiger). What discussions have been stirred up at your book-tour talks and readings? After the book was published in mid-September, I went to Australia for a month. Nature World News had a recent conversation with O'Connor.ġ. O'Connor has questions about whether we can save a species if we're restoring them to a life that is different from the "thing they do" that is natural to them-and what is the place of human and animal life on this very populated globe. While many of the cases are inspiring, and it can be electrifying to see scientists devote decades to certain animals, author M.R. Martin's Press 2015) looks at a number of cases in which scientists are hoping to shore up or return species: Some significant examples in the book are Tanzania's Spray Toad, now mainly maintained at the Bronx Zoo because its habitat is gone the North Atlantic right whale and the Northern white rhino. Lately there's much talk of bringing back wooly mammoths or restoring life to more recently extinct species, such as passenger pigeons.
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