Can Aquatic Invertebrates within Public Aquaria Fit the Five Domain Welfare Model?
Welfare within zoos and aquariums has come under increasing scrutiny due to the change in public opinion of animals in captivity. It is vital that as an industry mechanisms and frameworks are in place to determine welfare of animals within our care. Due to potential bias in current welfare models toward terrestrial vertebrates, it is […]
Acquisition of fishes and aquatic invertebrates for zoological collections. Is there a future?
Abstract 10.1002/zoo.10100.abs The majority of the freshwater fishes in the ornamental trade now originate from captive-bred sources, as do a large proportion of the freshwater species exhibited in public aquariums. In contrast, commercial operators who also supply marine specimens to the ornamental trade remove directly from the wild approximately 98% of the marine fishes and […]