Locomotory stereotypies in carnivores: Does pacing stem from hunting, ranging or frustrated escape?

Stereotypic Animal Behaviour: Fundamentals and Applications to Welfare: Second Edition

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 58-85

  Clubb, R ^a,b   Vickery, S ^b,c  

^a Care for the Wild International   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^c Animal Welfare Division   (United Kingdom)

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