Zoo animals and their human audiences: What is the visitor effect?

Animal Welfare

Volumn 9, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 343-357

  Hosey, G R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BOLTON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Audience effect; Humans; Primates; Zoo visitors

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000067617     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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