Visitor effects on zoo orangutans in two novel, naturalistic enclosures
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Studies conducted in immersive zoos with naturalistic exhibits found that the number of visitors had no impact on the welfare of captive animals.
“Other studies conducted in immersive zoos with naturalistic exhibits (Choo et al., 2011;Sherwen et al., 2014) showed similar results, demonstrating that the number of visitors had no impact on the welfare of captive animals.”
From Effect of weather conditions and presence of visitors on adrenocortical activity in captive African penguins (Spheniscus demersus) (2017) · cites this paper as Choo et al., 2011
The ability for an animal to retreat from visitors can reduce or mitigate any stress associated with visitors.
“it is clear that the ability for an animal to retreat from visitors can reduce or mitigate any stress associated with visitors [116,131,138,141,142].”
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- Authors
- Choo, Y., Todd, P. A., & Li, D.
- Affiliations
- National University of Singapore (SG)
- Corresponding author
- Li, Daiqin
- Venue
- Applied Animal Behaviour Science
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2011-08
- Volume
- 133
- Issue
- 1-2
- Pages
- 78-86
- ISSN
- 0168-1591 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1965903267
- Cited by
- 79
- References
- 26
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- FWCI
- 3.53
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Applied Animal Behaviour Science (publishedVersion)
- National University of Singapore (submittedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Veterinary › Small Animals › Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Social Sciences › Psychology › Social Psychology › Primate Behavior and Ecology
- Physical Sciences › Environmental Science › Ecology › Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
- Keywords
- visitor effects, zoo animals, orangutans, captive animal welfare, visitor activities, play behavior, enrichment, enclosure design, habituation, animal behavior
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