Zoo animals : behaviour, management, and welfare

Cover
Contents
List of boxes
List of acronyms
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
Glossary
	A
	B
	C
	D
	E
	F
	G
	H
	I
	L
	M
	N
	O
	P
	Q
	R
	S
	T
	U
	V
	W
	Z
References
Index
	A
	B
	C
	D
	E
	F
	G
	H
	I
	J
	K
	L
	M
	N
	O
	P
	Q
	R
	S
	T
	U
	V
	W
	Y
	Z