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What Are Zoos For?.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Browning, Heather.
- Series:
- What Is It For? Series
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Zoos.
- Animal welfare.
- Genre:
- Electronic books.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (157 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Bristol : Bristol University Press, 2024.
- Summary:
- Heather Browning and Walter Veit test the common justifications for zoos (entertainment, education, research, conservation) against the evidence and suggest what the best zoos of the future should look like to ensure that they are primarily for animals and not just for people.
- Contents:
- Cover
- Half-title
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Dedication
- Contents
- List of Figures and Boxes
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Recreation: We’re Going to the Zoo
- History of the recreational role of zoos
- Potential harms from recreation
- Recreational benefits
- Does recreation justify the existence of zoos?
- Conclusion
- 3. Research: Learning from the Animals
- History of zoo research
- Types of zoo research
- Does research justify zoos?
- 4. Conservation: Beyond the Ark
- History of zoo conservation
- Ex situ conservation
- In situ conservation
- Competing values
- 5. Education: Teaching Through Connection
- History of education in zoos
- Behaviour change
- Criticisms of zoo education
- Alternatives to zoo education Generated by AI.
- Notes:
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- ISBN:
- 9781529231052
- 1529231051
- 9781529231069
- 152923106X
- OCLC:
- 1458095947
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