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Stress or Enrichment? A Study of the Effects of Zoo Visitors on Captive Spider Monkey Behavior and Welfare at a New Jersey Zoo.

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Stress or Enrichment? A Study of the Effects of Zoo Visitors on Captive Spider Monkey Behavior and Welfare at a New Jersey Zoo./
Author:	De Angelo, Peter.
Published:	Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, : 2024,
Description:	100 p.
Notes:	Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 85-09.
Contained By:	Masters Abstracts International85-09.
Subject:	Zoology. -
Online resource:	https://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=30987974
ISBN:	9798381849882

Stress or Enrichment? A Study of the Effects of Zoo Visitors on Captive Spider Monkey Behavior and Welfare at a New Jersey Zoo.
De Angelo, Peter.

Stress or Enrichment? A Study of the Effects of Zoo Visitors on Captive Spider Monkey Behavior and Welfare at a New Jersey Zoo. - Ann Arbor : ProQuest Dissertations & Theses, 2024 - 100 p.

Source: Masters Abstracts International, Volume: 85-09.

Thesis (M.A.)--Rutgers The State University of New Jersey, School of Graduate Studies, 2024.

This item must not be sold to any third party vendors.

Millions of people visit zoos across the world annually, and these facilities help educate the public about important topics such as conservation and wildlife ecology, as well as aid in maintaining threatened species. However, while zoos provide many useful benefits, several issues also arise, such as unethical enclosure designs, unnatural diets, and the zoo visitor effect, the process in which captive animals will exhibit pathological patterns of behavior and physiology indicative of stress, based on fluctuating welfare states, stemming from the presence and activity of large numbers of unfamiliar human visitors. This study investigates the zoo visitor effect on a troop (n = 4) of zoo-housed, black-handed spider monkeys (Ateles geoffroyi). Using behavioral observations and a combination of quantitative and qualitative data analysis, results seem to indicate a negative effect assessed by an increase in negative behaviors. Individuals displayed high levels of resting and vigilance in their overall activities, yet increased rates of locomotion and repetitive, abnormal behaviors in the presence of human visitors. These results suggest that a form of stressful excitement arises in response to the presence of human visitors, reflecting similar results from other studies conducted on captive Ateles. This study emphasizes the importance of ethical animal management and techniques for alleviating potential issues, with a focus on an understudied species of primate in captivity.

ISBN: 9798381849882Subjects--Topical Terms:

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