1. Specimen collection is essential for modern science.
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Nachman, Michael, Beckman, Elizabeth, Bowie, Rauri, Cicero, Carla, Conroy, Chris, Hayes, Tyrone, Koo, Michelle, Lacey, Eileen, Martin, Christopher, McGuire, Jimmy, Patton, James, Spencer, Carol, Wake, Marvalee, Wang, Ian, Achmadi, Anang, Álvarez-Castañeda, Sergio, Andersen, Michael, Arroyave, Jairo, Austin, Christopher, Barker, F, Barrow, Lisa, Barrowclough, George, Bates, John, Bauer, Aaron, Bell, Kayce, Bell, Rayna, Bronson, Allison, Brown, Rafe, Burbrink, Frank, Burns, Kevin, Cadena, Carlos, Cannatella, David, Castoe, Todd, Chakrabarty, Prosanta, Colella, Jocelyn, Cook, Joseph, Cracraft, Joel, Davis, Drew, Davis Rabosky, Alison, DElía, Guillermo, Dumbacher, John, Dunnum, Jonathan, Edwards, Scott, Esselstyn, Jacob, Faivovich, Julián, Fjeldså, Jon, Flores-Villela, Oscar, Ford, Kassandra, Fuchs, Jérôme, Fujita, Matthew, Good, Jeffrey, Greenbaum, Eli, Greene, Harry, Hackett, Shannon, Hamidy, Amir, Hanken, James, Haryoko, Tri, Hawkins, Melissa, Heaney, Lawrence, Hillis, David, Hollingsworth, Bradford, Hornsby, Angela, Hosner, Peter, Irham, Mohammad, Jansa, Sharon, Jiménez, Rosa, Joseph, Leo, Kirchman, Jeremy, LaDuc, Travis, Leaché, Adam, Lessa, Enrique, López-Fernández, Hernán, Mason, Nicholas, McCormack, John, McMahan, Caleb, Moyle, Robert, Ojeda, Ricardo, Olson, Link, Kin Onn, Chan, Parenti, Lynne, Parra-Olea, Gabriela, Patterson, Bruce, Pauly, Gregory, Pavan, Silvia, Peterson, A, Poe, Steven, Rabosky, Daniel, Raxworthy, Christopher, Reddy, Sushma, Rico-Guevara, Alejandro, Riyanto, Awal, Rocha, Luiz, Ron, Santiago, Rovito, Sean, Rowe, Kevin, Rowley, Jodi, Ruane, Sara, Salazar-Valenzuela, David, Shultz, Allison, and Sidlauskas, Brian
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Animals ,Museums ,Specimen Handling ,Natural History - Abstract
Natural history museums are vital repositories of specimens, samples and data that inform about the natural world; this Formal Comment revisits a Perspective that advocated for the adoption of compassionate collection practices, querying whether it will ever be possible to completely do away with whole animal specimen collection.
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- 2023