Are wild animals suited to a travelling circus life?

Animal Welfare

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 129-140

  Iossa, G ^a   Soulsbury, C D ^a   Harris, S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRISTOL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Animal welfare; Circus; Health; Husbandry; Performance; Stress; Travel

Indexed keywords

ANIMAL BEHAVIOR; ANIMAL FOOD; ANIMAL HEALTH; ANIMAL HOUSING; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMAL WELFARE; ARTICLE; COGNITION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIETARY INTAKE; ELEPHANT; ENVIRONMENTAL ENRICHMENT; EXERCISE; HABITUATION; LONG TERM EXPOSURE; NOISE; NONHUMAN; PERFORMANCE; PHYSICAL STRESS; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL STRUCTURE; STEREOTYPY; TRAINING; TRAVEL; WILD ANIMAL;

ANIMALIA; ELEPHANTIDAE; FELIDAE;

EID: 65349196217     PISSN: 09627286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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