Invasive species in penguin worlds: An ethical taxonomy of killing for conservation

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Invasive species in penguin worlds: An ethical taxonomy of killing for conservation

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This paper explores various attempts to manage predation threats to an endangered population of little penguins (Eudyptula minor) living in Sydney′s North Harbour. Some of these threats have come from species that are generally termed ′exotic′ (such as the red fox, Vulpes vulpes), while other threats have potentially come from ′natives′ (such as the New Zealand fur seal, Arctocephalus forsteri). This paper explores the problematic notion of ′invasiveness′ as it applies to native and introduce...

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2011-01-01

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Thom van Dooren

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Conservation & Society

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http://www.conservationandsociety.org/article.asp?issn=0972-4923;year=2011;volume=9;issue=4;spage...

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invasive species / conservation / ethics / little penguin / Eudyptula minor / red fox / Vulpes vulpes / native and exotic species / Australia / Ecology

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