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THE preservation of a fauna or flora is a national and international duty. The main arguments for protection are: (a) economic—the argument of the commercial mind and of the Board of Agriculture; (b) æsthetic—mainly used in support of bird protection; (c) humanitarian—the argument against cruelty and the wastage of life; and (d) scientific—the desire to preserve all species or forms rather than individuals from extinction. The last, though the most difficult position to demonstrate logically, is the one which should carry most weight with the biologist.
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Abstract of the presdential address delivered to the Manchester L terary and Philosophical Society on October 4.
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COWARD, T. The Preservation of our Fauna1. Nature 108, 513 (1921). https://doi.org/10.1038/108513a0
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