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PetWatch: What's the best pet for you and the planet?

Fellow(s): Myra Finkelstein
Topic(s): Conservation Science

Each year the U.S. pet industry imports millions of animals, often with avoidable, negative consequences for owners, pets and natural habitats. Switzer Fellow Myra Finkelstein discusses PetWatch, a new consumer resource for informed ownership.

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Myra Finkelstein

1998 Fellow
Myra Finkelstein’s research focuses on human impacts to wildlife with an emphasis on contaminant-induced effects. To fulfill this goal, her research seeks to develop links in the often difficult-to-understand causal chain between...