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The keeping of zoo animals has become a central tool in the conservation of some of the world's most fascinating, yet threatened, species. But how do zoos operate on a day-to-day basis? What are the key problems zoos face in trying to feed, breed and keep healthy the animals in their care? How do they play their part in conserving biodiversity? Zoo Animals: Behaviour, Management and Welfare addresses the key questions surrounding the keeping of zoo animals, and reveals how we can apply our ever-growing understanding of animal behaviour to ensure zoo animals are managed as effectively as possible. Drawing on their extensive experience of zoo research, practice, and teaching, the authors blend together theory with a broad range of both mammalian and non-mammalian examples to give a highly-readable overview of this burgeoning field. Zoo Animals: Behaviour, Management, and Welfare is the ideal resource for anyone needing a thorough grounding in this subject, whether as a student or as a zoo professional. Online Resource Centre The Online Resource Centre features: For lecturers: - Figures from the book in electronic format, for use in lecture slides For students: - Tasks, and associated datasets, for use with Zootrition and/or related software - Annotated web link library - Legislation information: summary information, and related web links, regarding zoo-related legislation in countries other than the UK - Latest news: summaries of latest developments in the field, with links to relevant literature

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #15937 in Books
• Published on: 2009-01-08
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 544 pages

Review
For students who are studying zoos as part of a college or university course this should be considered an essential read. The authors have an imposing zoo pedigree and this gives the reader tremendous confidence in the content. The book conveys a a great sense of enthusiasm for zoo based research and closes by clearly identifying current gaps in our knowledge and thus will hopefully inspire a whole new generation to seek answers to some of these important questions. May this book never go out of print. (RATEL, Journal of the Association of British and Irish Wild Animal Keepers, 2009 )

This text provides the first comprehensive account of the essential knowledge and the various activities that underpin a successful modern zoo or aquarium. The authors have addressed the challenges, philosophical and practical, that zoo professionals face as well as providing a detailed introduction to the science and management of zoological collections. The engaging style, clear diagrams and wellchosen examples ensure that this text will provide an extremely valuable resource for students and zoo professionals alike. (Dr John Eddison, University of Plymouth )

Customer Reviews

Review of Zoo Animal book
This book is very useful in all aspects of zoo animal care. I have used it for numerous assignments for my Bsc hons degree in animal science. Excellently written for easy and informative understanding! I would highly recommend this book to other people studying a similar subject.

zoo animals
This is a great book if you are studying in animal care or working in a zoo environment, it covers a wide range of subjects. The enrichments section is excellent well worth the money considering how much some of the other animal care books are. Great information to help with assignment work on animal courses also. I cant fault it in any way.

Brilliant!
I pre-ordered this book before its release as I had heard alot of good things about this book and it didn't dissapoint!
I am currently studying a degree in Zoo Management and my only wish is that I could have had this book from term start in September. I use it frequently, not only for referncing assignments but also for my own study!
I would definetly recommend this book!