Ethics of interventions for the welfare of free-living wild animals

Animal Welfare

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 235-243

  Kirkwood, J K ^a   Sainsbury, A W ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF ZOOLOGY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Ethics; Intervention; Medicine; Rehabilitation; Wildlife

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000560190     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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