在225个东南亚动物园和水族馆中,功能障碍的动物与访客互动的高发病率
Anna Fourage1,2, Tanya Erzinclioglu2, Amanda Fairey1
1School of Law and Social Sciences, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford OX3 0BP, UK.
Animals : an open access journal from MDPI
|November 27, 2024
概括
许多动物园都有动物与游客的互动,但有些动物会伤害动物和保护工作. 认证并没有减少这些功能失调的相互作用,突出了需要更好的策略和执法.
科学领域:
- 动物学研究是动物学研究.
- 动物福利科学动物福利科学
- 保护行为 保护行为
背景情况:
- 动物园和水族馆通过动物互动吸引游客,旨在获得教育和保护的好处.
- 功能障碍的动物与访客的互动会对动物福利和保护信息产生负面影响.
研究的目的:
- 评估东南亚动物园和水族馆中功能障碍的动物与游客互动的发生率.
- 确定动物学协会的认证是否能减轻这些有害相互作用.
主要方法:
- 亲自访问泰国动物园和在线监测九个东南亚国家的设施.
- 在225个机构观察和记录了1165个动物与访客的互动.
主要成果:
- 与动物拍照和骑动物被确定为最不正常的互动.
- 与未经认可的动物园相比,认可的动物园并没有显示这些相互作用的发生率较低.
- 在不同国家之间观察到相互作用类型的最小变化.
结论:
- 当前的认证标准可能不足以防止有害的动物与访客的互动.
- 有效的变化需要强有力的立法,改善动物学协会的监督和行为改变策略.
- 对未经认证的设施的指导计划对于提高标准至关重要.
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