Earlier this year, I (Rod) contributed to an article published in the journal Biological Conservation, Valuing individual animals through tourism: Science or speculation? The article examines some of the problems with economic.. read more
It may surprise Victorians to discover that our state is a “world class” hunting destination. Yep, despite our state’s lack of lions, tigers, elephants, buffaloes and razor-backs, the world’s hunters.. read more
About 2000 people in Jakarta seem to give a cow about live cattle exports according to this report on the ABC website, which I was interested in given my earlier.. read more
Ecolarge-LivestockDisasterEconomics-Final.pdf What happens when the cows don’t come home? This report was commissioned by the World Society for the Protection of Animals and investigates the “economic impact of losing livestock.. read more
A few months ago I wrote a blog post about some of the misconceptions surrounding the ban on live cattle exports. My main point was that neither the supportors of.. read more
Economists at Large have a keen interest in animal welfare and economics, having worked for all of the world’s biggest animal welfare organisations. We’re concerned that some of the recent.. read more
