Australian Wildlife Services has contributed to the recently published, thought provoking book ‘Science Under Siege’ published by The Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales, November 2012.

The ‘Science Under Siege’ volume has many papers of interest regarding misuse or abuse of science in today’s society. Cooney et al. expose THINKK’s abuse of science in relation to kangaroo harvesting and Menna Jones exposes flaws in the way some ethics committees operate.

George Wilson and Jenny Smits contributed to the article “THINKK again: getting the facts straight on kangaroo harvesting and conservation” by R. Cooney, M. Archer, A. Baumber, P. Ampt, G. Wilson, J. Smits and G. Webb.  The article can be downloaded here:  THINKK again: getting the facts straight on kangaroo harvesting and conservation (1646 downloads) . The full publication, Science Under Siege, is available Open Access through the Royal Zoological Society of NSW, and the address for this is: http://rzsnsw.metapress.com/