On comparing the behaviour of zoo housed animals with wild conspecifics as a welfare indicator

Animal Welfare

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 13-24

  Veasey, J S ^a   Waran, N K ^a   Young, R J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

^b Animal Department   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Behaviour; Behavioural needs; Captive; Motivation; Wild

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001834830     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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