Entre a lei e a sustentabilidade os danos socioambientais da caça de controle à luz da Criminologia Verde
Year: 2025
Type: article
Abstract: The research aimed to investigate, from the perspective of green criminology, the profile, behaviors, and perceptions regarding the capture of wild boars in the extreme south of Rio Grande do Sul. The exploratory and qualitative methodology was divided into information gathering and result analysis. The information gathering included semi-structured interviews, with participant selection through the snowball sampling technique, based on the studiesof Sampaio, Pedlowski, and Ferrari (2014), Santos (2017), and Cunha (2019). For data analysis, content analysis wasused, supported by the works of Flick (2014) and Minayo et al. (2002), in three stages: transcription of interviews,delimitation of categories, and cross-referencing with other studies. Four categories were identified: 1) capture ofwild boars from the perspective of police and agents; 2) management of wild boars and social actors; 3) instrumentsused and profile of the controllers from Rio Grande do Sul; 4) relationship between hunting and mistreatment. Twentysubjects participated: 10 hunters and 10 environmental police. The results indicate that control hunting has been used as a pretext for sport hunting, with individuals investing considerable amounts in the activity. Additionally, an illegal wild boar meat trade was identified, driven by both consumer demand and supply in rural properties. Furthermore, social harms associated with the activity were identified, such as the use of hunting as a means to obtain firearms, therisk of incidental capture of other species, and the mistreatment of dogs used in hunting, raising debates on the legal protection of wildlife.Based on these findings, it is concluded that the current regulation of wild boar management in Brazil presents weaknesses and challenges, making a legislative review essential to prevent abuses and minimize socio-environmental impacts.
Source: Direito Ambiental e Sociedade
Language: English
Subfield: Nature and Landscape Conservation
Field: Environmental Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: diamond
OpenAlex ID: W4416707677