The Bambi effect is an informal name used primarily by hunters and trappers to criticize what they feel are irrationally emotional objections to the killing of "adorable" animals, regardless of what the hunters consider are environmental and economic realities. The term comes from Walt Disney's animated film, Bambi, where an emotional highpoint is the death of the lead character's mother at the hands of human hunters. [1] [2]
References
- ^ "The Bambi Effect". Portland Mercury. http://www.portlandmercury.com/portland/Content?oid=32269&category=22127. Retrieved 2007-09-25. "This is the Bambi Effect: our adverse reaction to cute critters being harmed."
- ^ "Anti-hunting sentiment on the wane.". Times Community Newspapers. http://www.zwire.com/site/tab2.cfm?newsid=14062217&BRD=2553&PAG=461&dept_id=506066&rfi=6. Retrieved 2007-09-25. "Remarking on the "Bambi Effect," noted demographer Diane Crispell wrote: "Ever since (the Walt Disney classic movie) "Bambi," hunters have been typecast in the media as villains who take shots at anything that moves for the sheer love of killing.""
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