Zoo and Aquarium Welfare, Ethics, Behavior
A special issue of Animals (ISSN 2076-2615). This special issue belongs to the section "Animal Welfare".
Deadline for manuscript submissions: closed (20 September 2023) | Viewed by 86191
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Special Issue Editors
Interests: animal welfare; epidemiology; One Health; wildlife disease; wildlife management and conservation; structured decision making
Interests: bioethical analysis; practical philosophy (especially veterinary, animal, biomedical, food, environmental and agricultural ethics), philosophy of technology; science-ethics communication, One Health; veterinary ethics; disaster/emergency ethics
Interests: dolphin behavior; acoustics; communication; cognition; zoo and aquarium welfare assessment; animal behavior
Interests: animal behavior; marine mammal behavior and cognition; human psychology
Special Issue Information
Dear Colleagues,
The zoo and aquarium community has increasingly accepted a stewardship role, one that both entails addressing animal welfare and behavior concerns that exceed basic husbandry needs, while also meeting conservation objectives. Our objective for this Special Issue of Animals on zoo and aquarium animal behavior, welfare, and ethics is to compile current science-informed best practices and ethics in a single reference. We also hope to inspire further advances and address public expectations of zoos and aquariums in society.
The scope of this special journal edition of Animals includes overviews and original research papers that rigorously assess zoo and aquarium behavior, welfare and ethics. These will include reflections on past practices and discussions of how and where further improvements should be directed. We encourage collaborative efforts, international authors, and articles from geographically underrepresented contributors that address the needs of invertebrates, reptiles, amphibians, birds, and mammals alike.
We greatly appreciate the generous support of American Humane, Dolphin Quest, Loro Parque Fundacion, and Sea World in contributing major funding to underwrite this special edition.
Dr. David S. Miller
Prof. Dr. Ray Anthony
Dr. Kathleen M. Dudzinski
Prof. Dr. Heather Hill
Dr. Grey Stafford
Guest Editors
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Keywords
- animal ethics
- animal welfare
- animal behavior
- conservation
- stakeholder interests
- zoo
- aquarium
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