Capture of the vicuña (Vicugna vicugna) for sustainable use: Animal welfare implications

Biological Conservation

Volumn 129, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 543-550

  Bonacic, C ^a,b   Feber, R E ^b   Macdonald, D W ^b  

^a PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Andean communities; Animal welfare; Camelids; Capture; Stress; Sustainable use

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL WELFARE; CAPTURE METHOD; MAMMAL; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SUSTAINABILITY; WOOL;

ANDES; CHILE; SOUTH AMERICA;

ANIMALIA; CAMELIDAE; VICUGNA VICUGNA;

EID: 33644891594     PISSN: 00063207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biocon.2005.11.021     Document Type: Article

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