Sian Moody

I am researching the reintroduction of the wildcat (Felis silvestris) into Devon and exploring practices of care involved in their conservation. Drawing on ideas around ethical conservation and concepts developed within anthrozoology, I aim to pay attention to the entangled lives of wildcats and their spacio-temporal interactions with each other and other species (including humans). By investigating practices of care in this entangled ‘cat’s-cradle’ I aim to produce a multispecies ethnography that explores what ‘care-full’ conservation is and how it could be used in future conservation practices.