Developing and validating a holistic welfare assessment tool for zoo-housed great apes: Integrating resource-based measures with behavioural ecology insights. [PDF]
Neufuss J +6 more
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Sustainable technology development applied to livestock industry in the Netherlands [PDF]
Backus, G.B.C. +5 more
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Theme Park Regionalization: A Comparison of Two Critical Cases
Abstract The growth ambitions of theme parks and zoos in recent years have sparked academic and policy attention regarding whether such amusement facilities should be viewed not just as isolated leisure objects, but also as contributors to regional economic development.
Patrick Witte, Martijn van den Hurk
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From concept to action: Operationalising animal welfare strategies in zoos and aquaria. [PDF]
Partoon JK +4 more
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Traces of Intentionality: Balance, Complexity, and Organization in Artworks by Humans and Apes
Abstract Are people able to tell apart a random configuration of lines and dots from a work of art? Previous studies have shown that untrained viewers can distinguish between abstract art made by professional artists, children, or apes. Pieces made by artists were perceived as more intentionally made and organized than the rest.
Larissa M. Straffon +3 more
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The Growing Pain of Animal Welfare Weaponization: Get the Ghost Out of the Machine. [PDF]
Powell DM, Watters JV.
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Is behavioural enrichment always a success? Comparing food presentation strategies in an insectivorous lizard (Plica plica) [PDF]
Adkins +39 more
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ABSTRACT We investigate whether having more classmates with ECE experience affects junior high school studentsʼ non‐cognitive/socio‐emotional skills. We draw on panel data from the China Education Panel Survey (CEPS) and leverage the exogenous variation in classroom ECE experience composition brought by the random assignment of students when they ...
Yuhe Guo, Chengfang Liu, Yalin Tang
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Segregate, Test, Observe and Persevere (STOP): strengthening ex situ breeding programs for biodiversity in zoos amid highly pathogenic avian influenza threats - a case approach. [PDF]
Günther A +8 more
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ABSTRACT This paper presents a close‐hearing analysis of Forest 404, a transmedial audio drama that was released to BBC Sounds in 2019. Despite the drama's eco‐dystopian critique of teleological ‘progress’ narratives (that enable and perpetuate the destruction of the natural world), I argue that the series ultimately propagates a sense of inevitability
Matilda Jones
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