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Bambi effect

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I chose this article because it was something that I have never heard of before. I wanted to pick a topic that interested me and I wanted to have no bias on the article from past knowledge or experience with it.

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This is an important article because it brings the issue of wild life conservation but also involves the problems it has with itself. The Bambi effect explains how the objection of killing animals is bias towards cute or innocent animals, like deer, while there is little to no pushback on animals that are not cute; pigs or other animals.

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This article is well written but it does not contain enough information to keep me satisfied. The whole Wikipedia article is only 4 paragraphs long. The lead section discusses how the Bambi effect got its name but only applies it to deer and woodland animals. This effect could include a lot more, such as marine life or the leather industry. The article contained information about "The Smokey Bear Campaign" and how the used a cute animal mascot to support the campaign. It was effective but saying Smokey the Bear can be compared to Bambi is somewhat of a stretch. The pictures included are relevant and show an interesting point of view of a deer stand being vandalized by conservationists.

There is another part of this article that leads to another "Bambi effect" page which is a bi-sexual term. The talk page debated whether to include it because of its relevance. It stayed on the page due to it having the same name.

The reference page is well made and includes fourteen sources who's links all work except the source containing a book. It also includes further readings that are relevant and can expand of this effect.

This article's strength is giving general information about a lesser known psychological effect and examples of how it applies to what is around us. I would like to see more examples, from more modern campaigns about animal conservation. This article could be improved by discussing more examples of this effect and including how this effects other animals other than deers and woodland life.

Bambi effect is rated as a C-article and was actually discussed to be deleted in 2007 for no relevance.

An interesting fact is that the Bambi affect was featured on Wikipedia's main "Did you know" page.


 * "Did you know... that because of the Bambi effect, some people will not eat a whole fish?"

But the actual article does not include any mention of fish. It is up for interpretation that this affect can be applied to fish life.