The Effects of Visitors on Zoo Animals

When we crowd around animal exhibits for our own enjoyment, are we unknowingly harming the animals? Decades of research on the effect of visitors on zoo animals has demonstrated that visitors can have negative, neutral, or positive impacts on zoo animal welfare. Discussed in this episode: The history of concern with zoo animal welfare, how effects of visitors on animals are assessed, and the effects of visitors on zoo animals.

 

Related reading: Primary source: Sherwen, S. L., & Hemsworth, P. H. (2019). The Visitor Effect on Zoo Animals: Implications and Opportunities for Zoo Animal Welfare. Animals, 9(6), 366. 

 

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