Department of Environmental Science, Policy & Management, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States of America.
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of California, Berkeley, California, Unites States of America.
PLoS Biol. 2023 Nov 22;21(11):e3002390. doi: 10.1371/journal.pbio.3002390. eCollection 2023 Nov.
Natural history museums are vital repositories of specimens, samples and data that inform about the natural world; this Reply responds to a Formal Comment that queried whether it will ever be possible to completely do away with whole animal specimen collection, inviting open conversations about the ethical implications of specimen collection.
自然历史博物馆是标本、样本和数据的重要存储库,这些标本、样本和数据为我们了解自然界提供了信息;本回复回应了一份正式意见,该意见质疑是否有可能完全摒弃动物整体标本采集,并邀请就标本采集的伦理影响展开公开对话。