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In 2008 the youtube video documenting the emotional reunion between two men and Christian the Lion became a worldwide sensation. Key themes of the essays in Captured: the Animal within Culture are encapsulated in Christian’s story: the implications of the physical and cultural capture of animals. Graham Barwell, University of Wollongong, Australia Anthony ‘Ace’ Bourke, independent art curator and writer Melissa Boyde, University of Wollongong, Australia Anne Collett, University of Wollongong, Australia Denise Russell, University of Wollongong, Australia John Simons, Macquarie University, Australia Peta Tait, La Trobe University, Australia Helen Tiffin, University of Wollongong, Australia Yvette Watt, University of Tasmania, Australia Wendy Woodward, University of the Western Cape, South Africa
