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Perceptions of Elephants’ Labor and Autonomy in Zoos

Animals
Many modern zoos maintain charismatic megafauna, such as elephants, as their iconic residents, as these animals have been shown to hold the zoogoers’ gaze more adeptly than demurer animals.
Angela M. Lacinak
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Quality-of-Life Assessments in Zoo Animals: Not Just for the Aged and Charismatic. [PDF]

Animals (Basel), 2023
Campbell-Ward M.
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Farm animals at the Toledo Zoo, Toledo, Ohio [approximately 1920]

, 1920
A circa 1920 photograph of various farm animals at an early Toledo Zoo. The animals visible include horses, ducks, and sheep. Terms associated with the photograph are: Domestic animals | Walbridge Park (Toledo, Ohio) | Horses | Ducks | Sheep | Toledo ...

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Increasing Positive Perception of Disability Through Depictions of Animals with Disabilities

Across the globe, many animals with disabilities live in zoos and aquariums, yet these institutions often face difficult questions about how to share those stories with the public in a way that raises awareness and minimizes concern about the animals ...
Corin Yates, Katya Ankoudinova, Brooklyn Wehr, Michelle Hanenburg, Kevin Kollar, Courtney Cordova, Caitlin Allessi, Alexander Jones, Tess Busch, Denny Dulaney, Emma Hindes, Cameron Whitley, Tut Fuentevilla, Natalie Stier, Marta Burnet, Em Sherwood, Brooke Tucker   +16 more
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Same Space, Different Species: The Influence of Exhibit Design on the Expression of Zoo-Housed Apes’ Species-Typical Retiring Behaviors

, 2020
Wild chimpanzees frequently make arboreal nests, while wild lowland gorillas typically nest on the ground. We aimed to understand whether zoo-housed apes’ use of elevated spaces for retiring similarly differed between species and across exhibits ...
Stephen R. Ross, Samantha C. Earl, Lydia M. Hopper   +2 more
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Awe in nature fosters science identity and belonging in participatory scientists during an eclipse

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The interactions between people and nature are complex, with research suggesting that people often report feeling awe in nature, including in relation to eclipses. Less is known about if feelings of awe in nature can drive science outcomes. The current study aimed to understand the relationship between observing a total eclipse in nature, awe ...
Kelly Lynn Mulvey, Ashley R. Deutsch, Caren Cooper, Rhianna Absher, Nhaturie Atkinson, Brandon Wilson, Jacqueline Cerda‐Smith, Martha Batul, Lara L. Martens, Adam Hartstone‐Rose   +9 more
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Review of the Effects of Enclosure Complexity and Design on the Behaviour and Physiology of Zoo Animals. [PDF]

Animals (Basel), 2023
de Azevedo CS, Cipreste CF, Pizzutto CS, Young RJ.   +3 more
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Mapping the flow of conservation information across Wisconsin farming communities: Evidence from a social network analysis

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract Adoption of conservation practices in US agriculture remains limited despite demonstrated environmental and social benefits. Farmer demonstration programmes aim to accelerate conservation adoption by leveraging peer‐to‐peer learning, yet there are unresolved questions about how conservation information moves through farming communities.
Sophia Winkler‐Schor, Heather D. Craska, Marin E. Skidmore, Chloe B. Wardropper   +3 more
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Catalysing conservation: Testing behavioural spillover from wildlife‐friendly coffee in a zoo café

People and Nature, EarlyView.
Abstract The biodiversity crisis demands effective strategies to shift human behaviour, rooted in understanding how people relate to nature and how those relationships may be cultivated to motivate conservation action. This study contributes to understanding of how conservation behaviour may catalyse the adoption of other conservation behaviours by ...
Nita Lauren, Emily M. McLeod, Sarah Kneebone, John Abiad, Yoshihisa Kashima, Liam D. G. Smith, Angela J. Dean, Georgia E. Garrard, Matthew Selinske, Sarah Bekessy   +9 more
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Perception of the ethical acceptability of live prey feeding to aquatic species kept in captivity.

PLoS ONE, 2019
Previous research into public perceptions of live prey feeding has been focused on terrestrial animals. The reasons for this likely relate to the difficulty humans have in being compassionate to animals who are phylogenetically distantly related.
Lucy Marshall, Wanda D McCormick, Gavan M Cooke   +2 more
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