The role of Eskimo hunters, veterinarians, and other biologists in improving the humane aspects of the subsistence harvest of bowhead whales

Journal of the American Veterinary Medical Association

Volumn 214, Issue 8, 1999, Pages 1193-1198

  O'Hara, Todd M ^a   Albert, Thomas F ^a   Oen, Egil O ^b   Philo, L Michael ^a   George, John C ^a   Ingling, Allen L ^c  

^a DEPARTMENT OF WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT   (United States)

^b NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Norway)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL WELFARE; BIOLOGY; ESKIMO; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGAL ASPECT; REVIEW; UNITED STATES; VETERINARY MEDICINE; WHALE;

ALASKA; ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; BIOLOGY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; INUITS; UNITED STATES; VETERINARIANS; WHALES;

EID: 0033560319     PISSN: 00031488     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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