Bambi effect

A white-tailed deer fawn, the species of the title character in Walt Disney's 1942 animated film Bambi.

The "Bambi effect" is an objection to the killing of animals that the individual has a fondness of, while there may be little or no objection to the suffering of animals that are perceived as less lovable.

Deer blind vandalized by activists from ALF (Animal Liberation Front). Czech Republic, 2020

Referring to a form of purported anthropomorphism, the term is inspired by Walt Disney's 1942 animated film Bambi, where an emotional high point is the death of the lead character's mother at the hands of the film's antagonist, a hunter known only as "Man".

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