Zootopia- Animal Welfare, Species Preservation and the Ethics of Captivity
2014; OMICS Publishing Group; Volume: 2; Issue: 2 Linguagem: Inglês
10.4172/2375-446x.1000121
ISSN2375-446X
Autores Tópico(s)Human-Animal Interaction Studies
ResumoWhile a great many animal facilities could be called zoos, it is important that we define what a zoo ought to be according to animal welfare advocates and biodiversity conservation professionals alike. Therefore, once having so defined zoos we shall necessarily limit our discussion of their ethical implication to those institutions which voluntarily subject themselves to and meet at least minimum professional standards of care and well-being for their animal inhabitants, these standards being defined in the United States by the American Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA). In the common vernacular of both animal welfare advocates and conservation practitioners, these institutions are hereby defined as the zoo community.
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