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The crude aphorism has it that money talks, but according to an Opinion piece just published by John Vucetich and David Macdonald, it doesn’t talk loudly enough to deliver carnivore conservation

Professor Vucetich, a Visiting Scientist at WildCRU, and David are keenly aware that there are circumstances where wildlife can pay its own way, and that these credits to the balance sheet are very important to conservation. However, they argue that there are, and indeed need to be, other motives if, specifically carnivores, are to be conserved. A strong (and, they would argue, logically incontrovertible) candidate for that ‘other motive’ is that, in addition to all their many and varied uses to people, carnivores have intrinsic value: they are not just chips in the game, they are stake-holders in it.

You can read the Vucetich & Macdonald article at: http://www.adjacentopenaccess.org/farming-environment-marine-sustainable-news/essentials-coexisting-carnivores/35223/