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Nature 438, 156 (10 November 2005) | doi:10.1038/438156c; Published online 9 November 2005

Biodiversity: saving Florida panther makes sense

Laura Hartt1

  1. National Wildlife Federation, 1330 West Peachtree Street, Suite 475, Atlanta, Georgia 30309, USA

Your News Feature "Dollars and Sense" (Nature 437, 614–616; 2005) asks whether we should focus more on economic value and less on the biological needs of imperilled species. You give the Florida panther (Puma concolor coryi) as an example of endangered species recovery that may not make "economic or scientific sense".

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