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| Author | Berger, J. | ||||
| Title | Induced abortion and social factors in wild horses | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 1983 | Publication | Nature | Abbreviated Journal | Nature |
| Volume | 303 | Issue | 5912 | Pages | 59-61 |
| Keywords | Abortion, Induced/*veterinary; Abortion, Veterinary/*etiology; Aggression/physiology; Animals; Evolution; Female; Horses/*physiology; Humans; Pregnancy; Sexual Behavior, Animal/*physiology | ||||
| Abstract | Much evidence now suggests that the postnatal killing of young in primates and carnivores, and induced abortions in some rodents, are evolved traits exerting strong selective pressures on adult male and female behaviour. Among ungulates it is perplexing that either no species have developed convergent tactics or that these behaviours are not reported, especially as ungulates have social systems similar to those of members of the above groups. Only in captive horses (Equus caballus) has infant killing been reported. It has been estimated that 40,000 wild horses live in remote areas of the Great Basin Desert of North America (US Department of Interior (Bureau of Land Management), unpublished report), where they occur in harems (females and young) defended by males. Here I present evidence that, rather than killing infants directly, invading males induce abortions in females unprotected by their resident stallions and these females are then inseminated by the new males. | ||||
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| ISSN | 0028-0836 | ISBN | Medium | ||
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| Notes | PMID:6682487 | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | Equine Behaviour @ team @ | Serial | 4365 | ||
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| Author | Bermudez, J.L. | ||||
| Title | The moral significance of birth | Type | Journal Article | ||
| Year | 1996 | Publication | Ethics | Abbreviated Journal | Ethics |
| Volume | 106 | Issue | 2 | Pages | 378-403 |
| Keywords | Abortion, Induced; Animal Rights; Animals; Beginning of Human Life; Embryonic and Fetal Development; *Ethical Analysis; *Ethics; *Fetus; Homicide; Humans; *Individuality; *Infant, Newborn; Infant, Premature; Infanticide; *Labor, Obstetric; Life; *Personhood; Philosophy; Primates; Psychology; *Self Concept; *Value of Life; Analytical Approach; Genetics and Reproduction; Philosophical Approach | ||||
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| ISSN | 0014-1704 | ISBN | Medium | ||
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| Notes | PMID:11656645; KIE: 31 fn.; KIE: KIE BoB Subject Heading: fetuses; KIE: KIE BoB Subject Heading: personhood | Approved | no | ||
| Call Number | Equine Behaviour @ team @ | Serial | 4177 | ||
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