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Not so humane mole tube traps

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 January 2023

SE Baker  and
DW Macdonald
SE Baker
Affiliation:
Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Recanati-Kaplan Centre, Tubney House, Abingdon Road, Tubney, Oxfordshire OX13 5QL, UK
DW Macdonald
Affiliation:
Wildlife Conservation Research Unit, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford, Recanati-Kaplan Centre, Tubney House, Abingdon Road, Tubney, Oxfordshire OX13 5QL, UK
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Animal Welfare , Volume 21 , Issue 4 , November 2012 , pp. 613 - 615
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© 2012 Universities Federation for Animal Welfare

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