The role of ethics in the management of New Zealand’s wild mammals

New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Volumn 30, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 361-376

  Eggleston, J E ^a   Rixecker, S S ^b   Hickling, G J ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CANTERBURY   (New Zealand)

^b LINCOLN UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

^c MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Applied ethics; Conservation; Deer control; Introduced mammals; Recreational hunting; Ungulata; Wildlife management

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; ETHICS; INTRODUCED SPECIES; MAMMAL; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AUSTRALASIA; NEW ZEALAND;

ANIMALIA; CERVIDAE; MAMMALIA; UNGULATA;

EID: 1642538328     PISSN: 03014223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03014223.2003.9518347     Document Type: Article

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