Humans and animals have developed multiple and complex interactions in the fields of tourism, leisure, and development. However, much of the existing research on how humans and animals interact in these fields has emerged from within the context of developed countries. As a result, little has been documented about human-animal interactions in the socioeconomic, cultural, and environmental contexts of countries in the Global South. Specifically, the diversity and complexity of interspecies relationships in tourism, leisure, and local development in Latin America have been largely ignored in Anglo-Saxon literature. This has resulted in a limited, partial, and hegemonic understanding and debate about human-animal relationships globally, dominated by certain regions of the world. This book addresses this gap by documenting multiple and complex relationships between humans and animals in the fields of tourism, leisure, and local development in countries in Latin America. The book: Brings together empirical and conceptual works that reveal different disciplinary, theoretical, ethical, methodological, and practical perspectives. Reveals how human-animal relationships - both domestic and wild - can result in co-created interspecies experiences, conflicts, conservation efforts, welfare, and local development of human societies in the region. Equips stakeholders with conceptual frameworks and actionable tools to formulate policies that blend animal welfare and sustainability in Latin American tourism and recreation strategies. Challenges dominant narratives from the Global North regarding tourism and conservation, promoting a more inclusive and nuanced approach. This book will be of interest to researchers, professionals and policymakers within tourism, leisure, animal welfare, conservation and destination development.
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This book will be of interest to researchers within tourism, leisure, animal welfare, conservation and destination development
Introduction: Introduction 1: Interspecies relations: Co-experiences and
Conflicts
Chapter 1: Human-Dog Play: From Solitary Play to Interspecies
Social Play
Chapter 2: Fishermen-Crocodile Interactions in a Mexican Tourist
Context
Chapter 3: Equine Tourism and Leisure and Sport as Horse Work in
Malargüe: The past, present and (potential) future of horse-human relations
in Argentina
Chapter 4: Destigmatising Interspecies Relations: Donkeys in
Mexican tourism Section 2: Animal Conservation, Welfare and Sustainability
Chapter 5: Zoos: Centres for Recreation and Promotion of Empathy
Chapter 6:
Reptiles in Ecological Parks Aiming for Conservation and Environmental
Education in Mexico
Chapter 7: In the Footsteps of Working Dogs: Notes on dog
labour in three distinct contexts in South America
Chapter 8: Do Not Disturb:
Ecotourism, bat diversity, and abundance in caves
Chapter 9: Ecotourism as an
Economic Source for Environmental Education and Research: The Tirimbina Model
Chapter 10: Virtual Trails: An option for ecotourism in scuba diving sites in
Mexico Section 3: Wildlife and Local Development
Chapter 11: Animals and
Leisure Experiences in Wild Protected Areas in Central-South Chile
Chapter
12: From Deserts to Wetlands, from Harvest to Observation: Ecotourism for
conservation of Bighorn sheep and jaguars
Chapter 13: Nature-based Tourism
and its Impact on Local Communities and Animals: Examples from three Mexican
Biosphere Reserves
Chapter 14: Current Practices in Whale Watching in
Banderas Bay, Mexico Conclusion: Conclusion
Carlos Monterrubio (Edited By) Carlos Monterrubio (PhD) is a full-time researcher at the Autonomous University of the State of Mexico, Mexico. His research interests focus on vulnerable groups and interspecies relations in tourism, leisure and events in Latin America. He has published on these topics both in Spanish and English in well-established tourism and leisure journals. He is the co-editor of Tourism Planning and Development in Latin America (CABI, 2020).
Xavier López-Medellķn (Edited By) Xavier López-Medellķn (PhD) is a full-time researcher at the Biodiversity and Conservation Research Center of the Autonomous University of the State of Morelos, Mexico. He made a postdoctoral stay at the Center for US Mexico Studies at the University of California in San Diego, United States. His research focuses on the interaction between natural and human systems to balance the trade-off between the costs and benefits of conservation. He has published on human-wildlife interactions in both Spanish and English in well-established journals.
Katherine Dashper (Edited By) Katherine Dashper (PhD) is Professor and Director of Research Degrees in the School of Events, Tourism and Hospitality Management at Leeds Beckett University, UK. Her research interests focus on gender and human-animal interactions in tourism, events, sport and leisure. She has published widely on these topics, including a research monograph Human-Animal Relationships in Equestrian Sport and Leisure (Routledge, 2017) and a co-edited collection Humans, Horses and Events Management (CABI, 2021).
Helen Wadham (Edited By) Helen Wadham (PhD) is Reader in Sustainability at Manchester Metropolitan University, UK. Her research explores sustainability via collaborative approaches across species, sectors and communities. Current projects focus on decent interspecies work in the tourism industry, how racehorses transition into post-racing work and life, and the growth of the tiny house movement. She is a fellow of the Royal Anthropological Institute, and a member of the British Academy of Management and the Institute of Place Management
