Killing tigers to save them: Fallacies of the farming argument;Matando tigres para salvarlos: Falacias del argumento de la reproduccion en cautiverio

Conservation Biology

Volumn 24, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 655-659

  Kirkpatrick, R Craig ^a   Emerton, Lucy ^b  

^a White Horse Mountain Ltd   (Hong Kong)

^b Environment Management Group   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Illegal tiger trade; Poaching; Supply Side conservation; Wildlife farming

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL PRODUCT; ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMICS; FELID; POACHING; PRICE DYNAMICS; PROFITABILITY; SPECIES CONSERVATION; TRADE-ENVIRONMENT RELATIONS; WILDLIFE MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMAL; ARTICLE; COMMERCIAL PHENOMENA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; TIGER; WILD ANIMAL;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; COMMERCE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; TIGERS;

AGONIDAE; PANTHERA TIGRIS;

EID: 77956561627     PISSN: 08888892     EISSN: 15231739     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1523-1739.2010.01468.x     Document Type: Article

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