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2018 ; 16
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The paradoxical extinction of the most charismatic animals
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Courchamp F
; Jaric I
; Albert C
; Meinard Y
; Ripple WJ
; Chapron G
PLoS Biol
2018[Apr]; 16
(4
): e2003997
PMID29649205
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A widespread opinion is that conservation efforts disproportionately benefit
charismatic species. However, this doesn't mean that they are not threatened, and
which species are "charismatic" remains unclear. Here, we identify the 10 most
charismatic animals and show that they are at high risk of imminent extinction in
the wild. We also find that the public ignores these animals' predicament and we
suggest it could be due to the observed biased perception of their abundance,
based more on their profusion in our culture than on their natural populations.
We hypothesize that this biased perception impairs conservation efforts because
people are unaware that the animals they cherish face imminent extinction and do
not perceive their urgent need for conservation. By freely using the image of
rare and threatened species in their product marketing, many companies may
participate in creating this biased perception, with unintended detrimental
effects on conservation efforts, which should be compensated by channeling part
of the associated profits to conservation. According to our hypothesis, this
biased perception would be likely to last as long as the massive cultural and
commercial presence of charismatic species is not accompanied by adequate
information campaigns about the imminent threats they face.
|*Social Perception
[MESH]
|Acinonyx
[MESH]
|Animals
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|Conservation of Natural Resources/*methods
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