TY - JOUR
T1 - Boar-der Fencing
T2 - Human-Animal Relations in the Danish Borderlands
AU - Eilenberg, Michael
AU - Harrisson, Annika Pohl
PY - 2023/6
Y1 - 2023/6
N2 - In response to the threat of migrating wild boar carrying African Swine Fewer (ASF) across the border from Germany, Denmark erected a wildlife fence along its entire southern border in 2019. Denmark is the only EU country where pigs outnumber people, and the pork industry is considered vital to the national economy. However, the construction of the fence, cutting through the landscape and visibly separating both humans and animals, has ignited fervent debates about nationality, belonging, and how feral animals are portrayed and politicized.
AB - In response to the threat of migrating wild boar carrying African Swine Fewer (ASF) across the border from Germany, Denmark erected a wildlife fence along its entire southern border in 2019. Denmark is the only EU country where pigs outnumber people, and the pork industry is considered vital to the national economy. However, the construction of the fence, cutting through the landscape and visibly separating both humans and animals, has ignited fervent debates about nationality, belonging, and how feral animals are portrayed and politicized.
U2 - 10.5282/rcc/9610
DO - 10.5282/rcc/9610
M3 - Journal article
SN - 2199-3408
JO - Arcadia
JF - Arcadia
IS - 8
ER -