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Originally Posted by Lunas Mom
Interesting that I do not see anyone here protesting the other people who study the species... and we have learned a great deal recently from several captive wolf studies (I believe it was a German or Swiss University conducting the behavioral studies) regarding their problem-solving abilities, etc.
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The difference is that as a university or other large organization, they theoretically have more resources than a single person does in conducting useful research, both in contacts and financial resources.
And with the backing of a university, discoveries and observations are more acceptable, more able to be useful, believable, and verifiable.. not merely one person's experience and and observations. Unless a person has had a long and storied reputation (say someone like Diane Fossey or Jane Goodall, and even their methodology is contested), personal observation is not likely meaningful to the body of knowledge in general. ..