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Care and Welfare of zoo

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Welfare
Why is good welfare so important?
• Conservation
– Populations must be fit for breeding and reintroduction purposes,
poor welfare can lead to stress, suppression of immune function and a
decrease in reproductive fitness
• Education
– Animals should exhibit natural behaviours to educate the public
about their natural habits
• Research
– Healthy animals exhibiting natural behaviours can give us valuable
information on how their wild counterparts live and behave
Five freedoms
• 1. Freedom from Hunger and Thirst - by ready access to fresh water and
a diet to maintain full health and vigour.
• 2. Freedom from Discomfort - by providing an appropriate
environment including shelter and a comfortable resting area.
• 3. Freedom from Pain, Injury or Disease - by prevention or rapid
diagnosis and treatment.
• 4. Freedom to Express Normal Behaviour - by providing sufficient
space, proper facilities and company of the animal's own kind.
• 5. Freedom from Fear and Distress - by ensuring conditions and
treatment which avoid mental suffering.
Rules on The Welfare of zoo animals
 Giving animal enough space to express their natural behavior, like
digging, climbing, swimming and nesting.
 Housing animals in social groups or alone , whatever is natural for
them.
 Giving animal enough space for grooming, growing and reproduction.
 Guaranteeing the safety of human and animals. Zoo must have
measure in place to prevent animal from escaping. They must have also
an emergency evacuation plan.
 A compulsory registration system that every zoo must have, containing
details about animals, their diet, breeding and care.
Care
Provided via
Animal management, measure
Nutrition use and other
Positive reinforcement Behavior, habitat
training Measured via
Veterinary services Welfare
The Five Pillars of Care

Animal Environmental
Nutrition
management enrichment

Positive
Veterinary
Reinforcemen
services
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Animal management consists of:
Nutrition
Curators , zoological manager, Environmental enrichment
keepers. Each individual animal receives
Come in very forms and varies tailored diet based on:
Goal: providing the highest care
to each individual animal to from species to species and Feeding ecology, natural history,
maintain sustainable zoo even individual to individual age, sex, body condition, and
population. weight.

Positive Reinforcement
Veterinary services
Training
Serving as a surgeon,
Teaches the animals to
ophthalmologist,
participate in their own care
dermatologists, oncologist,
and show care species specific
radiologist, emergency room
behavior for educational
doctor
programmes
Current issues of Welfare
- handling and training of captive animals
- psychological well-being and environmental enrichment
- enclosure design
- species preservation
- environmental and conservation issues
- captive-breeding programmes.
Handling and Training of captive animals
• Handling is required for the feeding programe, ritual cleaning, general
medication and behavior observation.
• Based of animal/human contact.
• The use of training to improve safe handling of animals while
minimizing the need for physical and chemical restraint has been
advantageous to both animal and handler.
• The mor e safely a procedure can be performed, the more routine the
practice is likely to become.
• Adequate training minimizes the potential dangers to the animal and
the handlers
Psychological well-being and environmental
enrichment
• Basic housing requirements :
Adequate housing space
Shelter and protection from the inclement weather.
Compatibility with the natural habitat conditions.
Safety of the animal and public.
Enclosure Design
• The enclosure design must ensure the safety of the animal and public.
• Must have enough space required for the animal movement.
• Us e of vertical space, natural substrate composition and ground
cover, appropriate flora, and feeding tactics which encourage the
natural behviour of the animal.
Captive breeding programmes
• To aid the preservation and potential restoration of certain endangered and
threatened species.
• Captive-breeding programmes strive to maintain:
 genetic diversity
Hope to reintroduce designated species into the wild at some future.
• Active participation by zoos and aquariums is needed to develop and maintain
maximum genetic diversity of captive populations.
• Record-keeping is extremely important, as animals of unknown origin are usually
excluded to minimize potential inbreeding.
• These programmes are aided by the International Species Inventory System (ISIS).

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