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Technique for faecal marking in group-housed southern hairy-nosed wombats Lasiorhinus latifrons

L. Hogan, C. Phillips, A. Horsup, T. Janssen, S. Johnston

Australian Zoologist (2011) 35 (3): 649–654.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2011.017

Published: 20 October 2011

..., The University of Queensland, Gatton Campus, Queensland Australia 4343 2Centre for Animal Welfare and Ethics, The University of Queensland, Gatton Campus, Queensland Australia 4343 3Environmental Protection Agency, Rockhampton, Queensland Australia 4701 4Rockhampton Botanical Gardens and Zoo, Rockhampton...

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Wildlife and climate change: are robust strategies for Australian fauna possible?

By Daniel Lunney, Pat Hutchings

Book: Wildlife and Climate Change: Towards robust conservation strategies for Australian fauna

Series: Other RZS NSW Publications

Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales

Published: 01 January 2012

10.7882/FS.2012.026

EISBN: 978-0-9803272-6-7

... is that they are possible. Many ecologists, Jamieson (2008) noted in Ethics and the environment , consider that species extinction and biodiversity losses are the early stage of an environmental catastrophe but, he added, not everyone thinks that these things matter. We do, and that was the driving force behind writing...

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A historical review of Australian aerial vertebrate pest control, targeting dingoes and wild dogs 1946 – 2019

Justine Philip

Australian Zoologist (2020) 41 (3): 580–592.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2020.011

Published: 09 March 2020

... an increasing number of introduced “pest” species. A review of the scientific and historical data raises concerns about the ethics, inefficiencies, indefinable impacts, and high uptake of baits by non-target species, throughout aerial baiting operations in agricultural and conservation zones. The report...

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Does a painless death harm an invertebrate?

John Hadley

Australian Zoologist (2019) 40 (1): 151–157.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2017.038

Published: 01 January 2019

... ethics conservation death euthanasia environmental ethics Agar 2019 151 Theme Edition: Killing for Conservation Killing invertebrates is an under-explored area in animal welfare and environmental ethics. While some researchers have argued invertebrates are conscious (Elwood and Apel 2009...

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Journal Articles

From value to vermin: a history of the donkey in Australia

Jill Bough

Australian Zoologist (2014) 33 (3): 388–397.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2006.013

Published: 17 March 2014

... classified as vermin and shot in the hundreds of thousands. The paper considers social, economic, environmental and ethical issues associated with the introduction and use of donkeys in Australia and identifies parallels with the more general shift in attitudes towards the Australian environment since...

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Journal Articles

Fauna by-catch in pipeline trenches: conservation, animal ethics, and current practices in Australia

J. Sean Doody, Peter West, Jessica Stapley, Michael Welsh, Anton Tucker ...

Australian Zoologist (2014) 32 (3): 410–419.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2002.019

Published: 17 March 2014

... during pipeline construction would be beneficial to native fauna, and therefore to conservation bodies, industry, and the general community. fauna surveys pipeline construction threatened species animal ethics APIA. 1998. Code of Environmental Practice. Australian Pipeline Industry...

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Book

Ethics, Money and Politics

Series: Other RZS NSW Publications

Publisher: Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales

Published: 01 January 1998

10.7882/EMP.1998

EISBN: 0-9586085-0-4

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Simple journalists or simple scientists?: are environmental issues too complex for the media?

Harry Recher

Australian Zoologist (2014) 28 (1-4): 19–23.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.1992.005

Published: 17 March 2014

... events by the media and the popularity of natural history programmes has fostered the development of a n environmental ethic in an increasingly urbanized world where decreasing numbers of people ever come into direct contact with natural environments. Although there have been a few key and high profile...

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Journal Articles

Yes, killing is sometimes essential for conservation.

Peter J. S. Fleming, Guy Ballard

Australian Zoologist (2019) 40 (1): 5–12.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2018.037

Published: 01 January 2019

... in the semi-arid high country of the South Island, New Zealand. Wildlife Research 23, 93-97. Norton, B.G. 1984 Environmental ethics and weak anthropocentrism. Environmental Ethics 6, 131-148. Pimentel, D., Zuniga, R. and Morrison, D. 2005 Update on the environmental and economic costs associated with alien...

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Eating Dingoes

Fiona Probyn-Rapsey

Australian Zoologist (2017) 39 (1): 39–42.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2016.026

Published: 01 December 2017

... of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics. 23: 371-386. Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales. Townend, C. 1985. Pulling the Wool. Hale and Iremonger, Derrida, J. 1991. Eating Well: or the Calculation of the Subject. Sydney. Pp 96-119 in E Cadava, P Connor and J-L Nancy (eds). Who Comes after the Subject...

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The role of the Land and Environment Court in environmental impact assessment

Paul Stein

Australian Zoologist (2014) 28 (1-4): 16–19.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.1992.004

Published: 17 March 2014

... the reporting of environmental events by the media and the popularity of natural history programmes has fostered the development of a n environmental ethic in an increasingly urbanized world where decreasing numbers of people ever come into direct contact with natural environments. Although there have been...

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Journal Articles

How to succeed in business - Zoology in the private sector

Martin Predavec

Australian Zoologist (2011) 34 (4): 538–543.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2008.029

Published: 20 October 2011

... projects. Sound environmental ethics: An ecological consultant needs to have strong opinions of what is correct environmentally. This needs to be balanced with realism that as a society we want infrastructure and development, whether that is roads, buildings or the like, and that developers can...

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Book Reviews

Australian Zoologist (2012) 35 (4): 1005–1010.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2011.055

Published: 29 January 2012

... to wild spaces does not work: such damage has already been done. For Bulbeck, engaging with the non-human world is necessary if humans are to implement an ethics of care for other species. Arguing that an honest obligation (2005: xxiii) to environmental management and conservation must involve...

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Journal Articles

Do humans forage optimally and what does this mean for zoology on the table?

Graham H. Pyke

Australian Zoologist (2017) 39 (1): 17–25.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2016.014

Published: 01 December 2017

...? Journal of Agricultural & Environmental Ethics 19: 47-56. httpdx.doi.org/10.1007/s10806-005-4378-9 Lupo, K. D. 2006. What explains the carcass field processing and transport decisions of contemporary hunter-gatherers? measures of economic anatomy and zooarchaeological skeletal part representation. Journal...

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Journal Articles

Animal welfare and the killing of wildlife by captive bolt in Australia

Stephanie Hing, Jordan O. Hampton, Troy. J. Gibson

Australian Zoologist (2019) 40 (1): 170–180.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2018.035

Published: 01 January 2019

... animal welfare issues: ethical and animal welfare issues arising from the killing of wildlife for disease control and environmental reasons. Revue Scientifique et Technique (Office International des Epizooties) 24, 767 782. Littin, K. E., Mellor, D. J., Warburton, B., and Eason, C. T. 2004. Animal...

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Journal Articles

The missing voice: a zoologist on the consequences of feeding the world

Daniel Lunney

Australian Zoologist (2017) 39 (1): 57–67.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2017.044

Published: 01 December 2017

... the heading The International Library of Environmental, Agricultural and Food Ethics , introduces himself by saying that he is an environmentalist, trained as a scientist, and a moral philosopher by current profession (p 1). The current overwhelmingly popular environmentalist view, says Maier (p 2...

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Journal Articles

Semi-vegetarianism – good for animals, good for the environment and good for humans

Ian Wallis

Australian Zoologist (2017) 39 (1): 127–145.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2016.017

Published: 01 December 2017

... origin and often refrain from using animal products, such as leather or even honey. The three main reasons cited for adopting a largely plant-based diet are environmental, health and ethical concerns. All of these reasons can be subdivided. Concerns on environmental grounds include the destruction...

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Journal Articles

Slaughter of the singing sentients: measuring the morality of eating red meat.

Michael Archer

Australian Zoologist (2012) 35 (4): 979–982.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2011.051

Published: 29 January 2012

...Michael Archer AustralianZoologist volume 35 (4)2011 The ethics of eating red meat have been grilled recently by critics who question its consequences for environmental health and animal welfare, but if you want to minimise animal suffering and promote more sustainable agriculture, adopting...

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Journal Articles

Science and conservation: towards alternative strategies for protecting Australia's biological resources

Harry Recher

Australian Zoologist (2014) 29 (3-4): 148–156.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.1994.002

Published: 17 March 2014

... been and will remain fundamental to the development of an environmental ethic and to the understanding of environmental issues by the public. Most people have not been trained in the sciences and only a minority have tertiary education. Simple English, clear expression and a brief message...

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Journal Articles

Dangerous? Necessary: we must conserve all our native fauna

Daniel Lunney

Australian Zoologist (2017) 38 (3): 281–288.

https://doi.org/10.7882/AZ.2017.005

Published: 01 June 2017

... vertebrates serve the conservation cause well because they attract widespread public attention (Lunney 2012). Dangerous? Necessary: we must conserve all our native fauna Daniel Lunney Office of Environment and Heritage NSW, Hurstville, NSW 2220; School of Life and Environmental Sciences, the Faculty...

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