Reproduction de : Thèse d'exercice : Médecine vétérinaire : Toulouse 3 : 2008. / Titre provenant de l'écran titre. Bibliogr. p. 207-217.

Just graduated, Livy McHaney moves into a loft owned by father and daughter Wallace and Keegan Sammler. As Livy gets to know the Sammlers, he becomes fascinated by the sense Wallace makes out the world, a skill difficult for Livy. At the same time, Livy starts working at Zoo Dunn conducting its Tournado Train. Wallace explains to Livy his reflections on animals, enthralling Livy with his big ideas about freedom and questioning when one is supposed to not. In an attempt to make his grand pronouncements concrete, Wallace recruits Livy into a secret plan to kidnap and set free a popular young elephant from Zoo Dunn. Once in motion, much of their plan fails and everything appears less certain. Livy is forced to rethink the kidnapping's meaning, the possibility of changing the way people view animals, and ultimately the allure of Wallace's "truth" in forging his own ideas about life.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Sydney, 2008. / Title from title screen (viewed 10 Nov. 2008) Submitted in fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Philosophy to the Dept. of Museum Studies, Faculty of Arts. Degree awarded 2008; thesis submitted 2007. Includes tables and questionnaires. Includes bibliographical references. Also available in print form.

If we designed a building intended for people, we would be able to base it on many predetermined regulations and standards. The only remaining work would be a detailed literature study and creation itself. Constructing buildings for regular farm animal breeding would, in a simplified way, follow the same pattern. However, the ecosystem pavilion is a very particular space. It's a combination of animals, plants, people and various technical, operational, layout and stage design solutions. Designing a tropical pavilion is a very complicated creation, requiring a coordination of various fields which need to find a way to cooperate. Therefore, the architect needs to work closely with zoologists, botanists, breeders and others, try to gain an insight into the animal farming issues and acquire the knowledge of trends in breeding and exposition practice. The aim of the diploma thesis is to summarize the findings drawn from reference literature and to develop a comprehensive research which consists of historical development of menageries, continues to contemporary modern zoological garden and finally to ecosystem pavilion phenomenon. After this complex issue, we review the foundation data on the definition and characteristics of the territory supporting the pavilion study and we reflect on the principles of designing the ecosystem pavilion. The project itself is a study of pavilion interior which represents a sector of Amazon ecosystem. We can simply say that it comprises living botanical and zoological collections of this habitat, which are supplemented by imitations of natural elements. It results in an almost perfect impression of the environment. In accordance with these basic principles, a philosophy of zoo exhibition concept is developed. A man and farmed species are put on a same level. The probability of a visitor to see the animal in the exhibition is the same as the chances of the animal to hide from unwelcome guests. This fact increases the ressemblance of the pavilion ecosystem visit to a real expedition into the countryside.

abstract: This project analyzes the efforts of Seoul Grand Park Zoo (the largest and most important zoo on the Korean peninsula) to develop and achieve the highest standards in conservation, education, animal welfare, and research over the last three decades. Founded primarily as an entertainment venue in 1984, the zoo has struggled to become a scientific center that adequately provides for the animals under its care and promotes the advancement and dissemination of knowledge. Drawing on interviews from zoo officials, academics, conservationists, and animal-rights activists, I explore the animal welfare management and conservation priorities of a prominent Asian institution. Although the zoo has made significant improvements in animal welfare, it remains constrained by limited resources and government indifference. These constraints have also restricted the zoo’s ambition to become a major center for conservation; it currently concentrates on a handful of projects with broad popular appeal. Based on my interviews, greater collaboration, better communication with other researchers, and more systematic sharing of data would be especially beneficial for expanding the zoo’s conservation agenda. As research and conservation become a more prominent part of the zoo’s portfolio, potential conflicts may arise with zoo’s current emphasis on the welfare of the individual animals under its care. / Dissertation/Thesis / Masters Thesis Biology 2015

Diplomová práce obsahuje analýzu ZOO Liberec, jejího umístění, služeb, konkurenčního prostředí. Na základě výsledků šetření, které zorganizovala ZOO a které probíhalo formou dotazníků ve třech jazykových mutacích, byla v období jednoho roku zkoumána struktura návštěvníků. Hodnocení tohoto šetření se skládá z grafického i slovního hodnocení. V práci je dále analyzována současná propagace. Výsledkem analýz a šetření jsou návrhy na zlepšení služeb a na budoucí propagaci.

This thesis intends to investigate the ethics of captivity for zoological purposes and whether or not it is successful in contributing to conservation as it claims to. By studying the effects that current projects have on animals and visitors alike, I hope to fi nd a new way in which zoos can be benefi cial to the environment by infl uencing and educating the public on conservation. Architecture, in the past, has shaped the way that captive animals live out their lives. Animal captivity can be traced back to hunter-gatherer domestication, Egyptian Pharaohs being buried with animals and gladiators violently battling animals to the death to entertain the viewers. Following these ancient practices, life for captive animals continued to be dismal. Countries around the world collected and bartered exotic animals through world fairs and menageries in order to boast their unique cultures to lesser societies. In the future, architecture has the potential to infl uence the welfare of animals as well as bring light to new ways of observing animals and their habitats. Whether the site is chosen within the state of Louisiana, or is non-site specifi c and is instead a network of worldwide zoological centers, this project aims to open a discussion about the ethics of captivity for the sake of animals’ betterment. Programmatically, observation components will work along side rehabilitation typologies to create a more natural and humane zoological model. / 0 / SPK / specialcollections@tulane.edu

Zoo-based research is important both to inform management decisions on captive animals and because zoos, at their best, provide a naturalistic environment, which it is possible to manipulate, in which scientific research can be performed. Extending research to multiple zoos enables investigation into how variations between zoos impact their occupants. Comparing zoo animals to their wild conspecifics can inform management decisions, improve breeding and reintroduction programmes, educate the visiting public and allow assessment of the relevance of zoo-based research to the broader field. The impact of captivity on social animals is particularly interesting, as they cannot determine their own social environment. Meerkats (Suricata suricatta) are a highly social species of mongoose which have been extensively studied in the wild, and which are common in European zoos; they are therefore an ideal focal species with which to assess the impact of aspects of the zoo environment. This thesis presents a study of the behaviour, endocrinology and morphology of meerkats in ten zoos in the UK and one zoo in Germany. The size of captive meerkats' social groups was found to influence their behaviour and faecal glucocorticoid levels (fGCs), with animals in large groups exhibiting lower fGCs, which supports an optimum group size hypothesis. Meerkats in large groups also spent less time on sentry duty, although a sentry was posted more often in zoos than in the wild, reinforcing the model of state-dependent vigilance. Captive meerkats were found to weigh much more, on average, than their wild conspecifics, with 86.7% of adults more than two standard deviations heavier than the mean weight in the wild. Meerkats in larger enclosures were heavier than those in smaller ones; their weights also correlated with climate, with zoos in cool, dry locations having lighter meerkats. This research did not find that high levels of hormonal stress occur frequently in zoo meerkats, but obesity may pose a health threat to many individuals and its impacts should be a priority for veterinary research.

There is evidence that the presence of the visiting public affects the behaviour of zoo-housed mammals. Understanding the effect of visitors is important in improving animal welfare, achieving zoo conservation goals, increasing visitor education/entertainment, and facilitating interpretation of data on zoo animal biology. A series of studies and experiments focusing on the effect of zoo visitors on captive mammal behaviour is presented. The influence of visitor density on a range of primates and large carnivores is examined. Methodological concerns regarding the operational definition of visitor density in the literature are expressed and a clarification of terms which may be helpful when comparing previous research is provided. Visitor noise data, using an objective measure of the variable, and its relationship to visitor density are also presented. External and internal visual barriers between visitors and zoo animals were hypothesised to moderate the visitor effect and enrich the environment of the study groups. Camouflage nets mounted on the outside of enclosure viewing windows had little impact on primate or felid behaviour, with the exception of the Sumatran orangutan group, who showed a trend toward decreased social play in the presence of the external barrier. Polar bear behaviour showed evidence of an enriched environment, with trends toward increased levels of swimming and decreased levels of resting. An internal visual barrier, which prevented visitors from having visual contact with the golden lion tamarins when the nonhuman primates were behind it, was also tested and elicited more extensive trends toward behavioural change than did the nets. Both Sumatran orangutans and zoo visitors were provided with a similar puzzle feeder in an effort to enrich the orangutan enclosure, and improve the visitor experience. It was hypothesised that the orangutans might be stimulated by watching visitors manipulate the device, but this did not occur. Orangutan use of the puzzle feeder within their enclosure was also unaffected. Olfactory stimuli were introduced into primate and felid enclosures and visitor viewing areas to investigate the role olfaction may play in the visitor effect. Although olfactory stimuli had an extensive significant effect on the behaviour of the study groups when it was introduced into the enclosure, there was little change when visitors were associated with the olfactory stimuli which suggest there may not be an olfactory visitor effect in primates or felids. The effect of visitors on petting zoo-housed mixed-breed goats, llama, and Vietnamese pot-bellied pigs was studied and compared to their behaviour without the presence of visitors. The goats were unaffected and the llama showed only a trend toward decreased levels of sitting in the presence of visitors. The Vietnamese pot-bellied pigs were significantly affected by the presence of visitors, exhibiting decreased inactivity and social behaviour. The hypothesis that a sustained absence of visitors would result in a more intense visitor effect was tested and was not supported by the data. An additional experiment investigating the effect of visitor grooming on the petting zoo study species showed that, while visitors spent more time interacting with the animals in the grooming condition, xiv the behaviour of the study animals indicated that they did not find visitor grooming rewarding. Data on the interaction between visitor density and the various experimental techniques tested here indicate that visitor density may impact animal response to environmental enrichment, supporting previous findings in the literature. In the presence of visual barriers, foraging devices, and olfactory stimuli, the relationship between animal behaviour and visitor density changed significantly, both qualitatively and quantitatively. These results suggest that collecting visitor density data when testing environmental enrichment techniques could be helpful when assessing their effectiveness, ultimately improving the welfare of zoo-housed mammals. Based on the data presented here, in conjunction with the literature, a closing discussion outlines proposed refinements to the visitor effect research guidelines published by the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums (2005).

This Master's Thesis thoroughly introduces the new logo and corporate design of the Prague Zoo. The main goal of the Thesis is to judge the logo as well as the corporate design based on the graphic design, corporate identity, corporate design and corporate image theoretical principles and on the comparison with other Czech and worldwide zoo logos. A monitoring of the new corporate design implementation inside the zoo and of chosen marketing campaigns as well as souvenirs and merchandising with the new logo was done. The Thesis also includes some recommendations in order to make the whole Prague Zoo's corporate design better. It also introduces an alternative logo design created by the author of the Thesis at the very end of the Master's Thesis.