Animal welfare and the harp seal hunt in Atlantic Canada;Le traitement approprié des animaux et la chasse aux phoques du Groenland dans l'est du Canada

Canadian Veterinary Journal

Volumn 43, Issue 9, 2002, Pages 687-694

  Daoust, Pierre Yves ^a   Crook, Alice ^a   Bollinger, Trent K ^a   Campbell, Keith G ^a   Wong, James ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL HUNTING; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; ATLANTIC OCEAN; CANADA; CONTROLLED STUDY; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; MEDICAL PROFESSION; MEDICAL SOCIETY; NONHUMAN; SEAL; VETERINARY MEDICINE;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; CANADA; HAIR; SEALS, EARLESS; SKULL; SKULL FRACTURES; VIDEO RECORDING;

ANIMALIA; PHOCA GROENLANDICA; PHOCIDAE;

EID: 0036744279     PISSN: 00085286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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