斑比效应

斑比效应（英语：Bambi effect）指的是受到此效应影响的人，将会极力反对人类杀害一般被公认为“可爱”的动物（特别是狗或兔<ref>Knight, John. Waiting for wolves in Japan: an anthropological study of people-wildlife relations. Oxford UP. 2003: 155. ISBN 9780199255184. </ref>以及其他的宠物<ref>Nash, Susan Smith. Leadership and the E-Learning Organization. Texture. 2006: 222. ISBN 9780971206168. </ref>），但同时却不会反对杀害那些“不可爱”的动物。例如蜥蜴以及蛇。这通常被视为一种不正常、不符合道义的心理现象。

根据一本有关拟人论的书籍<ref>Petersen, Hanne; Birger Poppel. Dependency, autonomy, sustainability in the Arctic. Ashgate. 1999: 286. ISBN 9781840147018.  </ref>，斑比效应主要的影响来源是华特迪士尼于1942年制作的动画电影《小鹿斑比》其中的一段剧情：主角斑比（Bambi）的母亲被猎人杀害的片段。<ref>The Bambi Effect. Portland Mercury. [2007-09-25]. （原始内容存档于2020-11-27）. This is the Bambi Effect: our adverse reaction to cute critters being harmed. </ref><ref>Anti-hunting sentiment on the wane.. Times Community Newspapers. [2007-09-25]. （原始内容存档于2006-04-23）. Remarking on the "Bambi Effect," noted demographer Diane Crispell wrote: "Ever since (the Walt Disney classic movie) Bambi, hunters have been typecast in the media as villains who take shots at anything that moves for the sheer love of killing." </ref><ref>Boardman, Robert; Debora VanNijnatten. Canadian environmental policy: context and cases. Oxford UP. 2002.  </ref>