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DR. EDWARD KINDLE, in the opening remarks of his presidential address to Section D (Zoology), mentioned that in view of the exceptional conditions under which they met, he proposed to devote his address to an account of some of the work in which zoologists had been engaged during the past few years. He first referred to war-time activities and gave a brief account of the application of the principles of animal coloration, known as camouflage, and also of some work on anti-fouling. Special attention was devoted to the contributions of zoologists to the maintenance of our food supplies, without which it is very doubtful whether the country could have been adequately fed. An important section of this work was the protection of our food stocks against animal pests, and mention was made of the work of the Bureau of Animal Population at Oxford on rodent control and the development of the Infestation Division of the Ministry of Food. The activities of the latter were dealt with at some length, since it developed as a direct result of war conditions and was staffed mainly by graduates in zoology.
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Zoologists in War and Peace. Nature 160, 285 (1947). https://doi.org/10.1038/160285a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/160285a0