FEATURE - WORKING WITH THE LIVING
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MANAGING COLLECTIONS AND LIVING ECOSYSTEMS: SOPHISTICATED TACTICS BEHIND THE SCENES • BY MARION SPÉE
PHOTO Espace pour la vie/Claude Lafond
Presenting animal, insect and arthropod populations to the public means managing countless details behind the scenes. It means juggling a variety of elements: laws, import and export permits, affinities between species or individuals, births, exchanges, donations and renewals. It's a lot more complicated than transferring a hockey player from one team to another, even if though it doesn't get as much press.
