Anthrozoology: Human-Animal Interactions in Domesticated and Wild Animals
Abstract
Anthrozoology, the study of human–animal interactions (HAIs), has experienced substantial growth during the past twenty years and it is now timely to synthesise what we know from empirical evidence about our relationships with both domesticated and wild animals. Two principal points of focus have become apparent in much of this research. One is the realisation that the strength of these attachments not only has emotional benefits for people, but confers health benefits as well, such that a whole area has opened up of using companion animals for therapeutic purposes. The other is the recognition that the interactions we have with animals have consequences for their welfare too, and thus impact on their quality of life. Consequently, we now study HAIs in all scenarios in which animals come into contact with humans, whether as pets/companions, farm livestock, laboratory animals, animals in zoos or in the wild. This topical area of study is of growing importance for animals in animal management, animal handling, animal welfare and applied ethology courses, and also for people within psychology, anthropology and human geography at both the undergraduate and postgraduate level. It will therefore be of interest to students, researchers and animal managers across the whole spectrum of human–animal contact.
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A model of the Human-Animal Relationship for the zoo setting was proposed by Hosey, refined and updated in 2013, and presented by Ward and Sherwen.
“A model of the HAR for the zoo setting was proposed by Hosey [25], then refined and updated in 2013 [30] and presented by Ward and Sherwen [32].”
From The visitor effect on zoo animals: implications and opportunities for zoo animal welfare (2019) · cites this paper as [32]
Habituation to zoo visitors is likely to occur in zoo animals if repeated exposure to visitors has neither rewarding nor punishing elements and is of no consequence for the animal.
“Therefore, habituation to zoo visitors is likely to occur in zoo animals if repeated exposure to visitors has neither rewarding nor punishing elements and is, therefore, of no consequence for the animal [32].”
From The visitor effect on zoo animals: implications and opportunities for zoo animal welfare (2019) · cites this paper as [32]
Very little research has been conducted on close encounter experiences from both the animal's perspective and the visitor's perspective.
“However, very little research has been conducted on this topic from both the animal’s perspective and the visitor’s perspective [32,146].”
From The visitor effect on zoo animals: implications and opportunities for zoo animal welfare (2019) · cites this paper as [32]
The focus has been on studying species that are expected to respond negatively to visitors, but it is becoming equally pertinent to understand opportunities for positive human-animal relationships in zoos as some species may have positive experiences with visitors.
“the focus has clearly been on studying species that are expected to respond negatively to visitors, but it is becoming equally as pertinent to understand opportunities for positive human–animal relationships in zoos [32] as some species may have positive experiences with visitors”
From The visitor effect on zoo animals: implications and opportunities for zoo animal welfare (2019) · cites this paper as [32]
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Sherwen, S. L., & Hemsworth, P. H. (2019) · Animals · doi:10.3390/ani9060366 · Cited by 267 · see citing works
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- Oxford University Press eBooks
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- Oxford University Press
- Published
- 2018-12-17
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- W4244454084
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- 24
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- 0
- Citations by year
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- book
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Oxford University Press eBooks (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Genetics › Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Social Sciences › Geography, Planning and Development › Geographies of human-animal interactions
- Health Sciences › Veterinary › Small Animals › Animal Behavior and Welfare Studies
- Keywords
- human-animal interaction, companion animals, animal welfare, human-animal attachment, therapeutic use of animals, domestic animals, wildlife, livestock, laboratory animals, zoo animals, animal management, applied ethology
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