In lieu of material encounters, nonhuman spectres are made sense through spectacles, imageries speculated upon with their own geographies and affects. This paper explores histories trophy hunting in the Spanish Pyrenees, illustrating emergence spectacular relation to contemporary ideals nature for hunters, particular questioning implications extinction bucardo (or Pyrenean ibex). Theoretically,...

The red deer (Cervus elaphus) is an iconic species in Scotland and, due to its value as a game species, an important element of the Scottish rural economy. The native status of this species is sometimes questioned because of many recorded introductions of nonnative deer in the past that were an attempt to improve trophy size. In this study, we assessed the impact of past introductions on the ge...

The killing of a satellite-tagged male lion by a trophy hunter in Zimbabwe in July 2015 provoked an unprecedented media reaction. We analyse the global media response to the trophy hunting of the lion, nicknamed "Cecil", a study animal in a long-term project run by Oxford University's Wildlife Conservation Research Unit (WildCRU). We collaborated with a media-monitoring company to investigate t...

The Trial of Preventing Hypertension (TROPHY) demonstrated the feasibility of possibly reducing the incidence of hypertension with the angiotensin receptor blocker candesartan compared with placebo. The long-term benefits of pharmacologic therapy in high-normal blood pressure, or prehypertension are not known, and the long-term effect on health-related quality of life (HRQL) has not been determ...