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Animal welfare and pest control: meeting both conservation and animal welfare goals

Conservation and Animal Welfare Science Workshop

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2023

KE Littin
KE Littin*
Affiliation:
Animal Welfare Directorate, MAF Biosecurity New Zealand, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, PO Box 2526, Wellington 6140, New Zealand
*
email: [email protected]
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Keywords

animal welfareconservationpest controlvertebrate pestvertebrate pest controlwildlife management
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Research Article
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Animal Welfare , Volume 19 , Issue 2 , May 2010 , pp. 171 - 176
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© 2010 Universities Federation for Animal Welfare

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