animal welfare science

This is by no means all the birds kept in open air/hoofstock yards, so please add anything you feel belongs here. Ostrich Emu Greater rhea Greater flamingo African sacred ibis White ibis African spoonbill Saddle-billed stork Marabou stork Yellow-billed stork Blue crane Black-crowned crane East...

I found this study interesting. Definitely suggests that in some cases, maybe anti-zoo activists have a point about stress in captive animals — but in my opinion, that doesn’t take away from the importance of zoos for conservation efforts. Frontiers | Stress in wildlife: comparison of the...

Currently reading Heini Hediger's Studies of the psychology and behaviour of captive animals in zoos and circuses and Wild Animals in Captivity. Also reading David Hancocks' A Different Nature. I'm wondering what other books have been historically important for modernizing captive animal...

Something that anti-zoo people seem to bring up a lot as a reason why zoos are bad is stereotypic, stress-driven behavior. "Zoochosis", if you want to use their lingo. A well known example of this is pacing in carnviorans, like felids, ursids, canids, etc. As much as it hurts me, a longtime zoo...

Here is an open-ended question to all: 'Good' means many different things to many different people. People go to zoos with different objectives. Often you hear or read visitors reviews describing zoos as being 'good'. Then how does one define 'good' in the context of a zoo? Thanks! - Achilee