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Could Conservationists be Causing Extinction?

The link between the extinction of African wild dogs with the intervention of scientists

Roger Burrows's handling-stress hypothesis linked the extinction of African wild dogs in the Serengeti in Tanzania with the intervention of scientists. The scientists' monitoring methods - radio collars, vaccination and anaesthetisation - are alleged to have caused so much stress that the dogs became susceptible to rabies.

Presenter: Janet Davey.

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This programme was restored as part of the World Service archive project