THE PURPOSE OF HUGH WARWICK’S latest book is, he asserts, “to find the middle ground” in a debate over the efficacy and ethics of killing animals for conservation. Cull of the Wild succeeds, but only in part. While the discourse is well written, thoughtful and entertaining in places, he swerves the centrism he seeks, largely due to one glaring omission, of which more later.
Warwick is clearly a very gentle man, an expert in the conservation of the now threatened but much-beloved British hedgehog. He is also a “Vague-un”, not fully plant-based, admitting that buttery cakes and real milk in his coffee are responsible for him falling off the vegan wagon. Warwick makes clear from the outset that culling, lethal control or plain, old-fashioned killing one animal to save another…
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The Critic (Digital) - 1 Issue, July 2024