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Nature 447, 1052 (28 June 2007) | doi:10.1038/4471052a; Published online 27 June 2007

Researchers fight poaching with presence, not guns

Gottfried Hohmann1

  1. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Deutscher Platz 6, 04103 Leipzig, Germany

Your News Feature 'Peaceful primates, violent acts' (Nature 447, 635–636; 2007) reports on the conflicts that arise when wild animals studied for research are threatened by poaching and the bush-meat trade. Regional and international conservation organizations can help, but sometimes individual researchers feel that more immediate measures are required.

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