The question of why studies of the animal mind and behavior have yet to become synthesized with findings by conservation biology is examined by an analysis of the historical interests of the two fields, then by the presentation of two ongoing case studies within conservation biology with the golden lion tamarin, Leontopithecus rosalia, and black-footed ferret, Mustela nigripes, and concludes with an evaluation of whether the desired synthesis is possible or desirable.
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