Do zoos and aquariums promote attitude change in visitors? A critical evaluation of the american zoo and aquarium study
Modern-day zoos and aquariums market themselves as places of education and conservation. A recent study conducted by the American Zoo and Aquarium Association (AZA) (Falk et al., 2007) is being widely heralded as the fi rst direct evidence that visits to zoos and aquariums produce long-term positive eff ects on people’s attitudes toward other animals. […]
Evaluating and minimising social stress in the care of captive bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops aduncus)
Abstract 10.1002/zoo.10004.abs Stress can increase an organism’s susceptibility to disease. Thus, managing stress and its causes are important elements of captive care. Social factors such as changes in group dynamics, competition over resources, and unstable dominance hierarchies are potential stressors for highly social animals such as bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops sp). We present three case studies […]