Fly with care: avoiding disturbance when using drones to study cetaceans
Can drones disturb the animals that we strive to understand?
Ethics of making the location of big trees accessible to the public
The benefits and implications of unrestricted access to tree location need to be carefully considered.
Confronting the elephant (head) in the room – researchers challenge the conservation community on the ethics of trophy hunting
Writing in the scientific journal, Conservation Letters, an international team of conservation scientists is challenging the conservation community to fully consider the ethics of trophy hunting and think critically about endorsing the practice as a key funding mechanism for wildlife protection. Read our new paper, “The elephant (head) in the room: A critical look at trophy…
Animal welfare papers presented at conference: abstracts
Raincoast has been pushing the idea of animal welfare considerations in wildlife management. The topic was addressed at the Wildlife Society’s Annual Conference where Raincoast presented two papers.