Biases in the Selection of Candidate Species for De-Extinction

Ethics, Policy and Environment 20 (1):21-24 (2017)
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Entrenched biases in favour of large, charismatic mammals, towards predators, towards terrestrial animals and towards species that have cultural importance can influence the selection of candidate species for de-extinction research. Often, the species with the highest existence value will also be the ones that raise the most serious animal welfare concerns.

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10.1080/21550085.2017.1291835

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Ethics and Animals: An Introduction.Lori Gruen - 2011 - New York: Cambridge University Press.
De-extinction as Artificial Species Selection.Derek D. Turner - 2017 - Philosophy and Technology 30 (4):395-411.

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