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In 2014, the scientific journal ‘Bioscience’ published an article ‘Some Animals Are More Equal than Others: Wild Animal Welfare in the Media’, written by Ruth E. Feber, Eva M. Raebel, Neil D'cruze, David W. Macdonald, Sandra E. Baker, which explored the problem of media covering only specific reports about wild animals. The researchers found out that most of the media covered events were related to culling, shooting and hunting, whereas other activities related to animals such as marine debris, commercial fishing, and pollution are less covered. If the accident evolves into physical harm or some illegal activities then it is more likely that the media will publish the material related to animals. Apparently, the co-writer of this paper stated that ‘Editorial preferences toward illegal issues may be because reporters feel that the public will be more concerned about an issue if it is judged by society to be wrong’ (Feber et.al, 2016).


Original source: https://academic.oup.com/bioscience/article/67/1/62/2641261