No Room at the Zoo: Management euthanasia and animal welfare
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Culling animals that are not considered genetically valuable is already commonplace and is regarded by many facilities as a routine and normal aspect of managing breeding populations.
“Culling animals that are not considered genetically valuable is already commonplace and is regarded by many facilities as a routine and normal aspect of managing breeding populations [68].”
From The Concept of Agency, Animal Wellbeing, and the Practical Realities of Ex Situ Breeding Programs in Zoos and Aquariums (2024) · cites this paper as [68]
The Introduction says that animals from well-represented genetic lines can be surplus to breeding requirements and that management euthanasia of healthy surplus animals is relatively common in European zoos. It does not establish that many facilities regard culling as a routine and normal practice; the paper also describes debate over its acceptability. (LLM, conf=0.84)
Experimental — accuracy not yet measuredMany have put forth ethical and moral arguments against culling surplus animals.
“Many have put forth similar ethical and moral arguments against culling surplus animals [68,69].”
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- Authors
- Browning, H.
- Affiliations
- Australian National University (AU)
- Corresponding author
- Browning, Heather
- ORCID
- Browning, Heather
- Venue
- Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics
- Published
- 2018-08
- Volume
- 31
- Issue
- 4
- Pages
- 483-498
- ISSN
- 0893-4282 (ISSN-L)
- 1187-7863
- 1573-322X
- OpenAlex
- W2886114293
- Cited by
- 27
- References
- 24
- Citations by year
- 2026: 1 · 2025: 4 · 2024: 4 · 2023: 5 · 2022: 4 · 2021: 5 · 2020: 4
- FWCI
- 19.75
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- green
- philarchive.org
- Licence
- www.springer.com/tdm (tdm)
- Locations
- Journal of Agricultural and Environmental Ethics (publishedVersion)
- PhilPapers (PhilPapers Foundation) (submittedVersion)
- ePrints Soton (University of Southampton) (submittedVersion)
- ANU Open Research (Australian National University) (submittedVersion)
- Funders
- Australian Government
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Law › Animal Law and Welfare
- Health Sciences › Veterinary › Small Animals › Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Nature and Landscape Conservation › Environmental Philosophy and Ethics
- Keywords
- zoos, animal welfare, animal rights, animal ethics, longevity, positive welfare, justification of killing
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