Are Wildlife Conservation Efforts Done For Me Or For The Birds? ...Medical News Today: 1 views since Friday, August 8, 2008 at 07:03 AMVolunteers who take part in conservation efforts may do it more for themselves than the wildlife they are trying to protect, a University of Alberta case study shows. A study of purple martin landlords-those who keep and monitor special birdhouses on their land-revealed that they were more motivated to take part in the conservation project for egoistic rather than altruistic reasons.
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