Studies have shown that
captive animals live healthier, less stressful lives if they have opportunities to spend time doing things they'd normally do in the wild.
Since
captive animals live such constrained lives already, there's an argument for letting them have babies so they can have at least one part of their lives that (we humans think) is deeply satisfying for them.
Not exact matches
Certainly most
animals like
captive gorillas can't
live in a society as our equal because they may be dangerous.
I agree
captive animals should have a reasonable quality of
life, and improvements need to be made there.
In the next stage of the project we planned to broaden our interests and include markers that were able to distinguish whether a
live animal had been taken from the wild or from a
captive - bred population, so we were also looking for population, family, and paternity type markers as well.
At night, while their free -
living counterparts were flying, the
captive animals were fully awake and performed normally on learning tests, which suggests that the birds don't sleepwalk during their migrations.
«
Captive studies may undercut these
animals, may underestimate what they are doing,» because studies of
animals in captivity can fail to fully replicate the social groups and relationships that occur in the wild, he told
Live Science.
With so little previously known about the larger Pacific striped octopus, the team hopes to continue studying the dietary needs of newly - hatched planktonic larvae to develop a
captive breeding protocol and learn more about the
animal's full
life cycle.
New techniques should help: Success can be increased when
captive animals are reared by members of their own species, when they are exposed to the predators and prey they will come in contact with, and when they are introduced to the environment they will be
living in before their final release.
Humane Canada advocates that companion
animal stores restrict their sale of
live animals to domesticated and
captive - bred birds, fish and small mammals other than cats and dogs.
The Zoological Medicine faculty provide clinical service to zoological species including companion zoological
animal patients of the Veterinary Teaching Hospital, free -
living and
captive wildlife, and
animal collections associated with two AZA accredited zoos.
Our collaboration with
animal advocacy organizations, rescue groups, conservation organizations, and government agencies are aimed at bringing about social, legislative, and public - policy changes that will improve the
lives of
captive birds and help protect birds in the wild.
Our aim is to provide humane education regarding environmental enrichment to enhance the
life of all
captive animals.
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Pat Derby — co-founder of The Performing
Animal Welfare Society (PAWS), which operates three animal sanctuaries in Northern California, among them the 2300 - acre ARK 2000, where upwards of a dozen elephants live — discusses the needs of and challenges faced by captive elephants; indicates that her view of elephants in zoos isn't inherently one of opposition but involves a case - by - case examination of that particular zoo, Read m
Animal Welfare Society (PAWS), which operates three
animal sanctuaries in Northern California, among them the 2300 - acre ARK 2000, where upwards of a dozen elephants live — discusses the needs of and challenges faced by captive elephants; indicates that her view of elephants in zoos isn't inherently one of opposition but involves a case - by - case examination of that particular zoo, Read m
animal sanctuaries in Northern California, among them the 2300 - acre ARK 2000, where upwards of a dozen elephants
live — discusses the needs of and challenges faced by
captive elephants; indicates that her view of elephants in zoos isn't inherently one of opposition but involves a case - by - case examination of that particular zoo, Read more...
Throughout her zoo career, her goal was to improve the
lives of the
captive animals by providing mental and physical stimulation through daily enrichment and operant training sessions.
Environmental enrichment can be defined as enhancing the health and welfare of
captive animals by modifying their environment.1 While cats are not commonly considered to be
captive animals, many cats (and dogs) in North America are housed exclusively indoors, effectively
living in captivity much like zoo
animals.
I'm definitely not on board with this practice and I'm unsure why a company who treats marine
life so well in the wild would feel comfortable holding a wild
animal captive.
Ike, an elephant keeper with Disney's
Animal Kingdom in Orlando, Florida, had come here to help with research, and — so that he might enhance the welfare of the
captive elephants he cares for in Orlando — to observe «how wild elephants
live.»
«The fur coat
animals force the realization that the pelts were once the skins of
living animals, and thus provoke consideration of the public's celebration and simultaneous exploitation of the
captive creatures.
But in the meantime we have progress, and there will soon be 2,500 previously -
captive animals enjoying the freedom to roam as they wish and
living away from the gaze of us strange human gawkers.
I focus on providing the most up to date information on reptile and amphibian husbandry as possible, in the hopes of providing
captive animals the most natural
life possible.