- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Foreword
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Introduction Zoo and Aquarium Conservation: Past, Present, Future -
Chapter One Animals in Circulation: The “Prehistory” of Modern Zoos -
Chapter Two The World as Zoo: Acclimatization in the Nineteenth Century -
Chapter Three Historic and Cultural Foundations of Zoo Conservation: A Narrative Timeline -
Chapter Four Teetering on the Brink of Extinction: The Passenger Pigeon, the Bison, and American Zoo Culture in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries -
Chapter Five American Zoos: A Shifting Balance between Recreation and Conservation -
Chapter Six (Re)Introducing the Przewalski’s Horse -
Chapter Seven Conservation Constellations: Aquariums in Aquatic Conservation Networks -
Chapter Eight Committing to Conservation: Can Zoos and Aquariums Deliver on Their Promise? -
Chapter Nine Saving Animals from Extinction (SAFE): Unifying the Conservation Approach of AZA-Accredited Zoos and Aquariums -
Chapter Ten Integrating Ex Situ Management Options as Part of a One Plan Approach to Species Conservation -
Chapter Eleven Zoos and Gorilla Conservation: Have We Moved beyond a Piecemeal Approach? -
Chapter Twelve Lessons from Thirty-One Years at the Monterey Bay Aquarium and Reflections on Aquariums’ Expanding Role in Conservation Action -
Chapter Thirteen The Phoenix Zoo Story: Building a Legacy of Conservation -
Chapter Fourteen Bears or Butterflies? How Should Zoos Make Value-Driven Decisions about Their Collections? -
Chapter Fifteen Why Zoos Have Animals: Exploring the Complex Pathway from Experiencing Animals to Pro-environmental Behaviors -
Chapter Sixteen People in the Zoo: A Social Context for Conservation -
Chapter Seventeen From Sad Zoo to Happy Zoo: The Changing Animal Welfare and Conservation Priorities of the Seoul Zoo in South Korea -
Chapter Eighteen Wildlife Wellness: A New Ethical Frontier for Zoos and Aquariums -
Chapter Nineteen Zoos and Sustainability: Can Zoos Go beyond Ethical Individualism to Protect Resilient Systems? -
Chapter Twenty Opportunities and Challenges for Conserving Small Populations: An Emerging Role for Zoos in Genetic Rescue -
Chapter Twenty-One Cloning in the Zoo: When Zoos Become Parents -
Chapter Twenty-Two Advancing Laboratory-Based Zoo Research to Enhance Captive Breeding of Southern White Rhinoceros -
Chapter Twenty-Three Beyond the Walls: Applied Field Research for the Twenty-First-Century Public Aquarium and Zoo -
Chapter Twenty-Four Frogs in Glass Boxes: Responses of Zoos to Global Amphibian Extinctions -
Chapter Twenty-Five Sustaining Wildlife Populations in Human Care: An Existential Value Proposition for Zoos -
Chapter Twenty-Six Reflections on Zoos and Aquariums and the Role of the Regional Biopark -
Chapter Twenty-Seven Today’s Awe-Inspiring Design, Tomorrow’s Plexiglas Dinosaur: How Public Aquariums Contradict Their Conservation Mandate in Pursuit of Immersive Underwater Displays -
Chapter Twenty-Eight Zoo Conservation Disembarks: Stepping off the Ark and into Global Sustainable Development -
Chapter Twenty-Nine Rewilding the Lifeboats -
Chapter Thirty The Parallax Zoo - Acknowledgments
- Notes
- References
- Contributors
- Index
Bears or Butterflies? How Should Zoos Make Value-Driven Decisions about Their Collections?
Bears or Butterflies? How Should Zoos Make Value-Driven Decisions about Their Collections?
- Chapter:
- (p.179) Chapter Fourteen Bears or Butterflies? How Should Zoos Make Value-Driven Decisions about Their Collections?
- Source:
- The Ark and Beyond
- Author(s):
Clare Palmer
T. J. Kasperbauer
Peter Sandøe
- Publisher:
- University of Chicago Press
Zoos are ethically contested institutions, not only in terms of their existence, but also with respect to their aims, policies, and practices. Many of these aims, policies, and practices are underpinned by commitments to widely shared values. However, these values may be in tension, forcing choices to fulfill some aims at the expense of others, or requiring trade-offs between them. Such tensions are particularly salient with respect to species composition in zoo collections. This chapter discusses what should drive the mix of species kept in zoos, given the aims and values that zoological associations claim to endorse. The chapter first explores key aims endorsed by three major zoo associations. Then the values underlying these aims, including animal welfare and competing understandings of conservation, are discussed. The chapter considers why these values are important and the dilemmas and difficulties they pose for decision making about the composition of zoo collections. It is argued that, given their value commitments, zoos may do best to expand their collections of less space-intensive, local, threatened, and invertebrate populations, especially in cases where animals’ welfare needs are relatively easy to fulfill.
Keywords: zoos, conservation, ethics, animal welfare, species, zoo collections
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- Title Pages
- Dedication
- Foreword
-
Introduction Zoo and Aquarium Conservation: Past, Present, Future -
Chapter One Animals in Circulation: The “Prehistory” of Modern Zoos -
Chapter Two The World as Zoo: Acclimatization in the Nineteenth Century -
Chapter Three Historic and Cultural Foundations of Zoo Conservation: A Narrative Timeline -
Chapter Four Teetering on the Brink of Extinction: The Passenger Pigeon, the Bison, and American Zoo Culture in the Late Nineteenth and Early Twentieth Centuries -
Chapter Five American Zoos: A Shifting Balance between Recreation and Conservation -
Chapter Six (Re)Introducing the Przewalski’s Horse -
Chapter Seven Conservation Constellations: Aquariums in Aquatic Conservation Networks -
Chapter Eight Committing to Conservation: Can Zoos and Aquariums Deliver on Their Promise? -
Chapter Nine Saving Animals from Extinction (SAFE): Unifying the Conservation Approach of AZA-Accredited Zoos and Aquariums -
Chapter Ten Integrating Ex Situ Management Options as Part of a One Plan Approach to Species Conservation -
Chapter Eleven Zoos and Gorilla Conservation: Have We Moved beyond a Piecemeal Approach? -
Chapter Twelve Lessons from Thirty-One Years at the Monterey Bay Aquarium and Reflections on Aquariums’ Expanding Role in Conservation Action -
Chapter Thirteen The Phoenix Zoo Story: Building a Legacy of Conservation -
Chapter Fourteen Bears or Butterflies? How Should Zoos Make Value-Driven Decisions about Their Collections? -
Chapter Fifteen Why Zoos Have Animals: Exploring the Complex Pathway from Experiencing Animals to Pro-environmental Behaviors -
Chapter Sixteen People in the Zoo: A Social Context for Conservation -
Chapter Seventeen From Sad Zoo to Happy Zoo: The Changing Animal Welfare and Conservation Priorities of the Seoul Zoo in South Korea -
Chapter Eighteen Wildlife Wellness: A New Ethical Frontier for Zoos and Aquariums -
Chapter Nineteen Zoos and Sustainability: Can Zoos Go beyond Ethical Individualism to Protect Resilient Systems? -
Chapter Twenty Opportunities and Challenges for Conserving Small Populations: An Emerging Role for Zoos in Genetic Rescue -
Chapter Twenty-One Cloning in the Zoo: When Zoos Become Parents -
Chapter Twenty-Two Advancing Laboratory-Based Zoo Research to Enhance Captive Breeding of Southern White Rhinoceros -
Chapter Twenty-Three Beyond the Walls: Applied Field Research for the Twenty-First-Century Public Aquarium and Zoo -
Chapter Twenty-Four Frogs in Glass Boxes: Responses of Zoos to Global Amphibian Extinctions -
Chapter Twenty-Five Sustaining Wildlife Populations in Human Care: An Existential Value Proposition for Zoos -
Chapter Twenty-Six Reflections on Zoos and Aquariums and the Role of the Regional Biopark -
Chapter Twenty-Seven Today’s Awe-Inspiring Design, Tomorrow’s Plexiglas Dinosaur: How Public Aquariums Contradict Their Conservation Mandate in Pursuit of Immersive Underwater Displays -
Chapter Twenty-Eight Zoo Conservation Disembarks: Stepping off the Ark and into Global Sustainable Development -
Chapter Twenty-Nine Rewilding the Lifeboats -
Chapter Thirty The Parallax Zoo - Acknowledgments
- Notes
- References
- Contributors
- Index
