Essays about: "captive animals"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 64 essays containing the words captive animals.

  1. 1. Nyinflyttat och nyfött, ger det nya beteendemönster? : visenters habitatval och tillståndsbeteenden i vilthägn innan och efter samgång med vildhäst samt födsel av kalv i flocken

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Peter Hansson Silva; [2022]
    Keywords : Europeisk bison; visent; etologi; ekologi; habitatval; vilthägn; Przewalski vildhäst; återintroduktion;

    Abstract : Management of wildlife and husbandry of captive animals have in common the fact that they rely on a solid base of knowledge about the concerned species in order to be successful. The management of the European bison represents an encouraging story of conservation and captive breeding managing to bring a species back from the brink of extinction to a relatively safe status in the wild. READ MORE

  3. 2. Fibre content in moose (Alces alces) faeces : a comparison between free-ranging and captive moose in Sweden

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Nutrition and Management

    Author : Ada Trapp; [2022]
    Keywords : diarrhoea; zoo; browser; ruminant; Alces alces;

    Abstract : Animals have evolved adaptations to survive and reproduce in certain environments. Based on these adaptations, different feeding types can be identified among ruminants from the continuum of browsers to grazers. Browsers are assumed to digest forage rich in soluble cell contents, while grazers are more equipped to digest cellulose. READ MORE

  4. 3. Besökarpåverkan hos lodjur (Lynx lynx) på djurpark

    University essay from SLU/Dept. of Animal Environment and Health

    Author : Blenda Lindau; [2022]
    Keywords : besökarpåverkan; lodjur; stereotypier; djurvälfärd; hägnutnyttjande;

    Abstract : Zoo visitors can affect captive animals in a negative, neutral or positive way. To achieve great welfare for the animals we need a better understanding of how visitors influence their behaviours. The Eurasian lynx (Lynx lynx) is not as studied as other Felidae and there is a lack of knowledge on how to manage stereotypies, such as pacing. READ MORE

  5. 4. Does hierarchy rank predict social network structure in captive chimpanzees? : A social network analysis

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för biologi och miljö (BOM)

    Author : Jasmine Heurlin; [2022]
    Keywords : Captive chimpanzees; social network analysis; social interactions; social dynamics;

    Abstract : One important part of the management of zoo populations is the exchange of animals. The removal of an individual can have unknown effects on the social dynamics of the group. Social network studies are a well-established method to describe the social interactions within a group. READ MORE

  6. 5. Cats’ nine lives : European Union legislation on the trade of endangered animals and its effects on animal welfare

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Juridiska institutionen

    Author : Ida Aho; [2021]
    Keywords : EU regulations; animal welfare; animal law; wildlife trade; legal personhood; legal philosophy;

    Abstract : The issues raised in this thesis concern the adverse effects of EU's wildlife trade regulations, mainly the unequal treatment of captive and wild-born endangered animals. The nature of these regulations is analyzed from an animal law perspective. READ MORE