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The original article by Rob Irvine, published in the Journal of Bioethical Inquiry, 10(2): 261–262, can be located at DOI 10.1007/s11673-013-9443-x.
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Bekoff, M. Compassionate Conservation and the Ethics of Species Research and Preservation: Hamsters, Black-Footed Ferrets, and a Response to Rob Irvine. Bioethical Inquiry 10, 527–529 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11673-013-9479-y
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