Horizon. Should we close our zoos? / produced and directed by Tristan Quinn ; BBC Science production.

Format:

Video

Contributor:

Quinn, Tristan, director, producer.

British Broadcasting Corporation, production company.

Series:

Academic Video Online

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Zoos--Moral and ethical aspects.

Zoos.

Zoo animals.

Genre:

Documentary television programs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (53 minutes)

Other Title:

Is it closing time for zoos?

Should we close our zoos?

Place of Publication:

London, England : BBC Worldwide, 2016.

Language Note:

In English.

System Details:

video file

Summary:

Liz Bonnin presents a controversial and provocative episode of Horizon, investigating how new scientific research is raising hard questions about zoos - the film explores how and why zoos keep animals, and whether they need to change to keep up with modern science or ultimately be consigned to history. Should zoos cull their animals to manage populations? Liz travels to Copenhagen Zoo, who killed a giraffe and fed it to the lions, to witness their culling process first hand. They think it is a natural part of zoo keeping that is often swept under the carpet. Should some animals never be kept in captivity? In a world exclusive, Liz visits SeaWorld in Florida and asks if captivity drove one of their orcas to kill his trainer. But could zoos be the answer to conserving endangered species? Liz examines their record, from helping breed pandas for the wild to efforts to save the rhinos. She meets one of the last surviving northern white rhinos and discovers the future of this species now lies in a multi-million-dollar program to engineer them from stem cells. Veteran conservation scientist Dr. Sarah Bexell tells Liz the science of captive breeding is giving humanity false hope.

Participant:

Presented by Liz Bonnin.

Notes:

Title from resource description page (viewed January 28, 2019).

Contains:

In series: Horizon (Television program)

OCLC:

1089742074