The potential of the human–animal relationship as an environmental enrichment for the welfare of zoo-housed animals
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The model suggests that Human-Animal Relationships in zoos can be characterised as negative, neutral or positive.
“This model suggests that HARs in zoos can be characterised in three ways: (i) a negative relationship, where the animal is highly fearful of humans and shows avoidance, (ii) a neutral relationship, if interactions with humans have no consequences for the animal and can lead to habituation to humans, or (iii) a positive relationship, where the animal will potentially experience positive emotions”
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How an animal perceives human interactions is influenced by the nature of the interaction, previous experience with humans, temperament, motivational state, genetics and species.
“How an animal perceives human interactions is not only influenced by the nature of the interaction but also by other variables, including previous experience with humans, temperament and motivational state, genetics and species [21,24,25].”
From The visitor effect on zoo animals: implications and opportunities for zoo animal welfare (2019) · cites this paper as [24]
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- Authors
- Claxton, A. M.
- Affiliations
- University of Edinburgh (GB)
- Corresponding author
- Claxton, Anna M.
- Venue
- Applied Animal Behaviour Science
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2011-08
- Volume
- 133
- Issue
- 1-2
- Pages
- 1-10
- ISSN
- 0168-1591 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1973160295
- Cited by
- 198
- References
- 5
- Citations by year
- 2026: 12 · 2025: 17 · 2024: 14 · 2023: 21 · 2022: 16 · 2021: 13 · 2020: 20 · 2019: 11 · 2018: 14 · 2017: 8 · 2016: 12 · 2015: 12 · 2014: 13 · 2013: 12 · 2012: 3
- FWCI
- 12.41
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Applied Animal Behaviour Science (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- Whitley Wildlife Conservation Trust
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Veterinary › Small Animals › Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Keywords
- human-animal relations, environmental enrichment, zoo animal welfare, captive animals, fear of humans, human contact, abnormal behaviour, natural behavior, husbandry, introduced species
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