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The ‘Remarkable Tasmanian Devil’: The aesthetics of persecution and protection

This article evaluates the role of aesthetic values in environmental governance. It uses the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery's recent current exhibition of the ‘Remarkable Tasmanian Devil’ to explore the positive and negative implications of aesthetic values in the cultural and legal status of wildlife and other natural phenomena. The article has wider implications for the role of aesthetics in shaping public values and promoting law reform.