welfare in Zoos Flashcards

1
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What are the 4 roles of a zoo

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Conservation
Education
Research
Recreation

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Why is welfare so important

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So animals must be fit for breeding and possibly reintroduction

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3
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What can poor welfare lead to

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  • stress
  • suppression of immune function
  • decrease in reproductive success
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4
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Why is good welfare important when we educate

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Animals exhibiting natural behaviours will help to educate the public about their natural habitats

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5
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Why is good welfare important when we do recreation

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Visitors will have a better experience and more likely to return. If they see high standards of zoo animal welfare it helps boost reputation of the zoo

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6
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How is welfare measured and give an example

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1 - subjective vs objective
Example - assessment of an animal that looks stressed vs measuring stress hormones in faecal samples

2- Qualitative vs Quantitative
Example - Guessing how much time is spent performing a behaviour vs carrying out an activity budget ethogram

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7
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Which measurements of welfare are most reliable

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Objective and Quantitative

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8
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How is behaviour asses in regard to welfare

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Comparing one animal to another animal of the same species

Ethograms
Activity budget

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9
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What is an ethogram

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A cataloguing technique used by researchers to describe how animals behave

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What is an activity budget

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The proportion of time an animals spends exhibiting each recorded behaviour. Once the behaviour is recorded they can be compared against other animals for the species int he wild or in captivity

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