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Developmental Factors in Positive Attitudes toward Zoo Animals
Abstract
Research suggests that attitudes toward animals are established through childhood experiences. Currently, educational wildlife experiences for most urban children are available only at zoos and wildlife parks. To clarify the cognitive and emotional effects of distance, visibility, and tactile stimulation generated by various ways of exhibiting animals, 308 parents and their 3- to 7-year-old children were interviewed in Main Zoo and Petting Zoo areas. Children at Petting Zoos spent more time watching, touching, and talking to the animals than at Main Zoos, demonstrating that, even when live animals are very close and visible, children are significantly more interested when they can touch, pet, or cuddle. Parents felt that touching and petting were extremely important in teaching respect and appreciation for all animal life.
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“Such interaction, particularly touch, is in tum instrumental in fostering positive attitudes towards animals and conservation (Kidd et al 1995)”
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- Authors
- Kidd, A. H., Kidd, R. M., & Zasloff, R. L.
- Affiliations
- University of California, Davis (US)
- Venue
- Psychological Reports
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Published
- 1995-02
- Volume
- 76
- Issue
- 1
- Pages
- 71-81
- ISSN
- 0033-2941 (ISSN-L)
- 1558-691X
- OpenAlex
- W2059888523
- Cited by
- 28
- References
- 0
- Citations by year
- 2025: 1 · 2024: 1 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 4 · 2020: 1 · 2018: 1 · 2017: 1 · 2016: 2 · 2014: 2 · 2013: 1
- FWCI
- 8.56
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Psychological Reports (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Social Sciences › Education › Animal and Plant Science Education
- Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Museology › Museums and Cultural Heritage
- Life Sciences › Agricultural and Biological Sciences › Animal Science and Zoology › Human-Animal Interaction Studies
- Keywords
- attitudes toward animals, zoo animals, petting zoos, child development, tactile stimulation, animal exhibits, human-animal contact, parental attitudes, wildlife education, early childhood
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