Big Wasp Survey encourages volunteers to build homemade traps then send dead wasps to entomologists to monitor populationsDrowning wasps in beer in the name of science may seem a socially acceptable way to exterminate a seasonal pest. But a citizen science survey "harnessing the public's dislike of wasps" has been criticised for its "hateful language" and for unnecessarily killing rare insects.The Big Wasp Survey is encouraging 2,000 volunteers to build homemade bottle traps before posting the dead wasps to entomologists to produce a clearer picture of the much-maligned insect's decline. Continue reading...
Conservationists slam 'hateful' survey promoting wasp killing
23. srpna 2017 16:47
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Celý článek: https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2017/aug/23/conservationists-slam-hateful-survey-promoting-wasp-killing
Zdroj: The Guardian