Zoo Animals Behaviour, Management and Welfare

by Hosey, Geoff; Melfi, Vicky; Pankhurst, Sheila

• ISBN13: 9780199233069
• ISBN10: 0199233063
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2009-03-15
• Publisher: Oxford University Press

Summary

The keeping of zoo animals has become a central tool in the conservation of some of the world's most fascinating, yet threatened, species. But how do zoos operate on a day-to-day basis? What are the key problems zoos face in trying to feed, breed and keep healthy the animals in their care? Howdo they play their part in conserving biodiversity?Zoo Animals: Behaviour, Management and Welfare addresses the key questions surrounding the keeping of zoo animals, and reveals how we can apply our ever-growing understanding of animal behaviour to ensure zoo animals are managed as effectively as possible. Drawing on their extensive experience of zoo research, practice, and teaching, the authors blend together theory with a broad range of both mammalian and non-mammalian examples to give a highly-readable overview of this burgeoning field. Zoo Animals: Behaviour, Management, and Welfare is the idealresource for anyone needing a thorough grounding in this subject, whether as a student or as a zoo professional.Online Resource CentreThe Online Resource Centre features:For lecturers:- Figures from the book in electronic format, for use in lecture slidesFor students:- Tasks, and associated datasets, for use with Zootrition and/or related software- Annotated web link library - Legislation information: summary information, and related web links, regarding zoo-related legislation in countries other than the UK- Latest news: summaries of latest developments in the field, with links to relevant literature

Author Biography

Dr Geoff Hosey was formerly a senior lecturer at the University of Bolton, UK, where he taught in the area of animal behaviour. Dr Vicky Melfi is Senior Research Officer at Paignton Zoo Environmental Park, UK. Her research interests include animal welfare, behavioural ecology of zoo animals, and environmental enrichment.
Dr Sheila Pankhurst is Director of Studies in the Faculty of Science and Technology at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK, where her teaching and research centres on the behaviour and welfare of zoo animals.

Table of Contents

Introduction

History, philosophy and ethics

Legislative and regulatory framework

Animal ID and records

Housing and husbandry

Behaviour

Welfare

Enrichment

Captive breeding

Conservation

Health

Nutrition

Human-animal interactions

Research

The future of zoos

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