Managing wildlife with contraception: Why is it taking so long?

Journal of Zoo and Wildlife Medicine

Volumn 44, Issue 4 SUPPL, 2013, Pages

  Rutberg, Allen T ^a  

^a TUFTS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; conservation medicine; immunocontraception; population management; uncomfortable knowledge; undone science; wildlife ethics

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL; ANIMAL DISEASE; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; BIOETHICS; CONTRACEPTION; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; METHODOLOGY; POLICY; POPULATION DYNAMICS; RESEARCH; UTILIZATION REVIEW; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMAL WELFARE; ANIMALS; ANIMALS, WILD; BIOETHICS; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; CONTRACEPTION; POPULATION CONTROL; POPULATION DYNAMICS; PUBLIC POLICY; RESEARCH;

EID: 84892720634     PISSN: 10427260     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1638/1042-7260-44.4S.S38     Document Type: Article

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