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Help from the Animal Technician

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  24 April 2009

W. R. Kingston
Affiliation:
Animal technician on the staff of Fisons Pharmaceutical Division's Hillcrest Research Station.
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Abstract

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For many seriously endangered animals captive breeding seems to be the last hope of saving them. Many zoos are trying to do this, but, with some exceptions, without great success so far. The author of this article suggests that conservationists are not making use of the highly skilled animal technicians in laboratories and research stations who could certainly achieve good breeding success with many species at comparatively small cost.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Fauna and Flora International 1974

References

* Two pairs of twins born at the Los Angeles Zoo in 1973 and one pair at the National Zoo, Washington, were second-generation births. Editors