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Acknowledgements

We would like to thank all interviewees for their kindness, as well as Oriol Domenech for his support.

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This study was conducted with the financial support from the Spanish Government, Ministerio de Ciencia y Educación, (CGL2015–70449-R).

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  1. Agroecology and Food Systems Chair, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Vic-Central University of Catalonia, Carrer de la Laura, 13, 08500, Vic, Catalonia, Spain

    Feliu López-i-Gelats

  2. Department of Biology, Edif. Guillem Colom Casasnovas, Universidad de las Islas Baleares, Ctra Valdemossa km 7,5, 07122, Palma de Mallorca, Illes Balears, Spain

    David Alomar & Elena Baraza

  3. Department of Animal and Food Science, Ruminant Research Group, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Campus UAB, 08193, Bellaterra Cerdanyola del Vallès, Catalonia, Spain

    Jordi Bartolomé

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Feliu López-i- Gelats: Conceptualización, Methodology, Software, original draft preparation. David Alomar: Methodology, original draft preparation, Elena Baraza: supervision, review and editing. Jordi Bartolomé: funding acquisition, conceptualization, supervision, review and editing.

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López-i-Gelats, F., Alomar, D., Baraza, E. et al. Discourses on Rewilding: the Case of Feral Goats in Mallorca. Hum Ecol 49, 225–232 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10745-021-00226-z

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