Essays about: "Kolmården"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 24 essays containing the word Kolmården.

1. 1. 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

3. 2. Kolmården - an emerging development actor? : A qualitative case study of employees perspectives about Kolmården as a potential development actor

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

   Author : Eric Karlsson; [2020]
   Keywords : ;

   Abstract : Society is facing major challenges with an ongoing mass extinction of more than one million species worldwide caused by the destruction of ecological systems, deforestation, habitat loss, the increase of invasive species, climate change, illegal wildlife tracking, poaching and poverty. Challenges in which zoos worldwide contribute with important educational programs, innovative research and conservation strategies to ease the negative impact on local communities within developing countries. READ MORE

4. 3. Sonar based enrichment and detection of hidden fish by bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus)

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Biologi

   Author : Lovisa Larsson; [2020]
   Keywords : Dolphin; Tursiops truncatus; Echolocation; Enrichment; Sonar;

   Abstract : Dolphins at Kolmården dolphinarium were given a set of 20 floating fish hides, in order to simulate aforaging situation. The idea was to motivate the dolphins to use echolocation, in order to differentiatebetween hides which contained fish and hides that were empty. READ MORE

5. 4. Mobility Analysis of Zoo Visitors

   University essay from Linköpings universitet/Reglerteknik

   Author : Kim Byström; [2019]
   Keywords : probe request; MAC address; Markov model; continuous distribution model; Monte Carlo simulation;

   Abstract : In a collaboration between Kolmården Zoo and Linköping University, supported by the Norrköping municipality’s fund for research and innovation, mobility measurements have been performed inside the zoo. These measurements have been done by six WiFi sniffers collecting anonymised MAC addresses from the visitors smartphones. READ MORE

6. 5. Framing Nature : A discussion on the ethics of animal confinement in animal parks

   University essay from Uppsala universitet/Institutionen för kulturantropologi och etnologi

   Author : Hampus Thörnqvist; [2019]
   Keywords : Animal Rights; Animal Welfare; Animal Confinement; Experience Industry; Exhibition; Anthropomorphism; Ecological Justice; Radical Anthropology;

   Abstract : The confinement of animals is today a widespread, widely accepted practice, regardless of the intention behind it. The confinement of animals for entertainment purposes, however, poses ethical questions that transgress the body of the animal itself and onto the boundaries of the human. READ MORE