Importance of Sanctuaries and Rehabilitation Centres for Wildlife
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Wildlife".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (1 September 2024) | Viewed by 6304
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Interests: conservation; agroforestry; bio-loggers; biodiversity; translocations; animal behaviour; ecosystem services
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Interests: stress; wildlife management; conservation education; outreach; primates; animal behaviour
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Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
Sanctuaries and rehabilitation centres are increasingly considered viable settings for research and conservation planning. Most sanctuaries and rehabilitation centres provide large, naturalistic physical and social environments, which may result in more relevant models of wildlife counterparts than those provided by other captive settings. Research on animals from sanctuaries and rehabilitation centres includes investigations into behaviour and welfare, cognition, physiology, genetics and parasitology. Applied conservation measures carried out by sanctuaries and rehabilitation centres include translocations and post-monitoring. Some sanctuaries allow ecotourists to interact with animals, and heavily rely on ecotourism as their principal income. For this Special Issue, original research articles, commentaries and reviews are welcome. Research areas may include (but are not limited to) the following:
- Rehabilitation, translocation and post-monitoring;
- Impact of COVID-19 on sanctuaries and rehabilitation centres;
- Physiological responses to rehabilitation;
- Welfare and pathologies;
- Behaviours and stereotypes;
We look forward to receiving your contributions.
Dr. Marco Campera
Dr. Michela Balestri
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- translocation
- monitoring
- welfare
- stereotypes
- pathologies
- ecotourism
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