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Risk and Ethical Concerns of Hunting Male Elephant: Behavioural and Physiological Assays of the Remaining Elephants

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Title
Risk and Ethical Concerns of Hunting Male Elephant: Behavioural and Physiological Assays of the Remaining Elephants
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PLOS ONE, June 2008
DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0002417
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Tarryne Burke, Bruce Page, Gus Van Dyk, Josh Millspaugh, Rob Slotow

Abstract

Hunting of male African elephants may pose ethical and risk concerns, particularly given their status as a charismatic species of high touristic value, yet which are capable of both killing people and damaging infrastructure.

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Country Count As %
South Africa 2 1%
Austria 1 <1%
Botswana 1 <1%
India 1 <1%
Mexico 1 <1%
Unknown 128 96%

Demographic breakdown

Readers by professional status Count As %
Student > Ph. D. Student 26 19%
Researcher 26 19%
Student > Master 18 13%
Other 11 8%
Student > Bachelor 9 7%
Other 19 14%
Unknown 25 19%
Readers by discipline Count As %
Agricultural and Biological Sciences 54 40%
Environmental Science 33 25%
Medicine and Dentistry 4 3%
Engineering 3 2%
Social Sciences 3 2%
Other 9 7%
Unknown 28 21%