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Could Conservationists be Causing Extinction?
The link between the extinction of African wild dogs with the intervention of scientists
Roger Burrows's handling-stress hypothesis linked the extinction of African wild dogs in the Serengeti in Tanzania with the intervention of scientists. The scientists' monitoring methods - radio collars, vaccination and anaesthetisation - are alleged to have caused so much stress that the dogs became susceptible to rabies.
Presenter: Janet Davey.
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大象传媒 World Service Archive
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