Blogs with a Bite

This week - September 23, 2020 - the second European Pathways Conference would be held in the Netherlands. Today would have been the closing day of the Conference. But, unfortunately, due to Covid-19 it has been cancelled this year. Nevertheless, the conference is...

On 21 September 2018 I defended my dissertation “Rethinking Wildlife Management: Living With Wild Animals”. This was quite an experience: full of adrenaline, full of excitement if I would understand the questions and if I was able to provide a satisfying answer to my...

Monday I was in the famous ‘Greenroom’ of Wageningen University. No, the greenroom is not outside, relaxed, in the forest. Or, in a green park. No the ‘Greenroom’ is located in the basement of one of the WUR-buildings. And in that basement they make the clips for all...

Thursday 1 November 2018 I presented and attended at the symposium ‘Towards Convivial Conservation?: Governing human-wildlife relations in the ‘Anthropocene’’, organised by the Centre for Space, Place and Society of Wageningen University by Bram Büscher and Robert...

“How do you know you have caught the trouble maker?” This is a quote from a wildlife manager who ought to catch the ‘right’ problem bear who had broken into a house. Wildlife management with regard to (potential) human-animal conflicts is far from an easy job....

The article ‘Angry Shareholders Feed Live Donkey To Tiger In Chinese Zoo’ raises a lot of questions… Especially animal welfare issues. The problem here at this particular zoo is an economic problem, but the donkey is the victim in this particular case. However, more...

This first Bite I want to start with a matching poem I found. A short poem about a bear. And not just any bear. For me, the poem hits the heart of what I stand for. Above all, it is just beautifully and powerfully written. I am bear........ I am not just "a" bear I am...