Killing cats and killing birds: Philosophical issues pertaining to feral cats

Consultations in Feline Internal Medicine

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 701-708

  Tantillo, James A ^a,b  

^a Department of Obstetrics Gynecology   (United States)

^b The SPCA of Tompkins County   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B0-72-160423-4/50077-9     Document Type: Chapter

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