Antal Festetics, exactly german: Antal-Erwin Graf Festetics von Tolna ( hu, _) (born June 12, 1937,

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), is a Hungarian-

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and behavioural researcher. A student of Konrad Lorenz, in 1973 he became a university professor and director of the Institute for Hunting Biology at the

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. In 1981 he became an

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at the

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. In 1980 he became president of the

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. He was awarded for the establishment of national parks in Austria and Hungary, as well as the Austrian State Prize for Environmental Protection in 1988.

Decorations and awards

References

The Culture Information System of the Austrian Ministry of Education, Science and Culture
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