Document type : Podcast of the France Inter programme Grand bien vous fasse (54 min)
Authors: Ali Rebeihi, Stéphanie Texier, Claire Destacamp, Alexia Rivière. Guests: Hélène Gateau, Michel Pastoureau
Preview: In the early days of the pandemic some species were blamed for the spread of Covid-19. The pangolin was accused of having been a disease vector. Throughout history, the responsibility for epidemics, disasters and other calamities has been attributed to animals.
Sometimes wrongly - crows don't bring bad luck - but sometimes rightly - it is a scientific fact that rat fleas transmit the plague. This podcast looks at some of the unloved animals written into the history of the Western world in the company of the major historian Michel Pastoureau, and the veterinarian Hélène Gateau.
