Zoo Animals Behaviour Management and Welfare 2nd edition by Geoff Hosey, Vicky Melfi, Sheila Pankhurst ISBN 0199693528 978-0199693528

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ISBN 10: 0199693528
ISBN 13: 978-0199693528
Author: Geoff Hosey, Vicky Melfi, Sheila Pankhurst 

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 they face in trying to feed, breed, and keep healthy the animals in their care? How can they play their part in conserving biodiversity?

Zoo Animals: Behaviour, Management and Welfare addresses the key questions surrounding the keeping of exotic animals in captivity, 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 ideal resource for anyone needing a thorough grounding in this subject, whether as a student or as a zoo professional.

Zoo Animals Behaviour Management and Welfare 2nd Table of contents:

Chapter 1 Introduction

1.1 Who is this book for?

1.2 Sources of information

1.3 What do we mean by ‘zoo’?

1.4 The scope of the book

1.5 The naming of names

1.6 Finally … abbreviations

Chapter 2 History and philosophy of zoos

2.1 What is a zoo?

2.2 Menageries ancient and royal

2.3 The development of the modern zoo

2.4 The history of aquariums

2.5 Zoos today

2.6 The philosophy and ethics of zoos

Chapter 3 Regulatory framework

3.1 The law and legislative processes: a brief introduction

3.2 The international framework: global conventions, agreements, and regulations

3.3 Zoo legislation within the European Union

3.4 The regulatory framework for zoos in the UK: legislation and guidelines

3.5 Zoo legislation outside Europe

3.6 Zoo associations: from BIAZA and EAZA, to AZA, ZAA, and WAZA

Chapter 4 Behaviour

4.1 General principles

4.2 Animal behaviour in the zoo

4.3 Behavioural response to the zoo environment

4.4 Abnormal behaviours

4.5 Comparison with the wild

Chapter 5 Animal identification and record-keeping

5.1 The importance of knowing your animals

5.2 What species? Nomenclature and taxonomy

5.3 Identifying individual animals

5.4 Temporary artificial methods of individual identification

5.5 Permanent artificial methods of individual identification

5.6 Record-keeping: what information could, or should, be recorded?

5.7 Zoo record-keeping systems

Chapter 6 Housing and husbandry

6.1 The needs of many

6.2 Advances in enclosure design

6.3 Husbandry from birth to death

6.4 Studying how housing and husbandry affect captive animals

6.5 Guidelines and housing and husbandry recommendations

Chapter 7 Animal welfare

7.1 What is ‘animal welfare’?

7.2 Animal welfare science

7.3 What can affect zoo animal welfare?

7.4 Indices used to evaluate zoo animal welfare

7.5 Meeting the needs of zoo animals

Chapter 8 Environmental enrichment

8.1 What is ‘enrichment’?

8.2 The evolution of enrichment as a concept

8.3 The aims and goals of enrichment

8.4 Types of enrichment and their function

8.5 Enrichment evaluation

8.6 What makes enrichment effective?

8.7 The benefits of environmental enrichment

Chapter 9 Small population management

9.1 Reproductive biology

9.2 Issues and constraints on reproduction in captivity

9.3 Monitoring the reproductive status of animals in captivity

9.4 Providing a helping hand: assisted reproductive technologies

9.5 Rearing: facilitating the successful survival of offspring

9.6 Manipulating exotic animal reproductive output

9.7 Working towards self-sustaining populations in captivity

Chapter 10 Conservation

10.1 What is ‘conservation’ and why is it necessary?

10.2 The role of zoos in the conservation of biodiversity

10.3 Zoos as arks

10.4 Zoos and in situ conservation

10.5 Conservation of behaviour

10.6 How good are zoos at conserving biodiversity?

10.7 Conservation and zoos: looking to the future

Chapter 11 Health

11.1 What is ‘good health’?

11.2 Guidelines and legislation on the health of zoo animals

11.3 The role of zoo staff in zoo animal health care

11.4 Preventive medicine

11.5 Diseases of concern in zoo animals

11.6 The diagnosis and treatment of disease in zoo animals

Chapter 12 Feeding and nutrition

12.1 Feeding ecology

12.2 Basic nutritional theory

12.3 Guidelines and legislation on feeding zoo animals

12.4 Working out an animal’s dietary requirements

12.5 The supply of food

12.6 Food storage and preparation

12.7 Food presentation

12.8 Nutritional problems

Chapter 13 People in zoos

13.1 Zoo visitors: what do we know about them?

13.2 Education and awareness raising

13.3 Humans in the zoo: how do they affect the animals?

13.4 Training

Chapter 14 Research

14.1 Why is zoo research important?

14.2 What is ‘research’?

14.3 What is ‘zoo research’?

14.4 Some methodological difficulties in zoo research

14.5 Problems in the analysis of data

14.6 Multi-zoo studies

14.7 Disseminating the results of zoo research

14.8 What zoo research still needs to be done?

Chapter 15 We hope you enjoyed your visit

15.1 Evaluation

15.2 The shape of the collection

15.3 Sustainability

15.4 Careers in zoos

15.5 Challenges for the future

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