Zookeeping

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Zookeeping offers an in-depth look into the daily practices and challenges faced by professional zookeepers. This comprehensive guide covers animal care, behaviour management, and conservation efforts, providing readers with insights into the science and art of maintaining a modern zoo. It's an informative resource for anyone interested in animal welfare and the intricacies of zookeeping.
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Format: Hardback

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You might enjoy this comprehensive guide if you have a keen interest in understanding the daily responsibilities and challenges faced by zoo professionals. This book provides valuable insights into the science and ethics of managing animal care, focusing on the welfare and conservation of wildlife in captive environments. Whether you are an aspiring zookeeper or simply fascinated by the inner workings of zoos, this resource offers expert knowledge drawn from real-world experience.

Zookeeping

Zookeepers are responsible for the care and welfare of animals in zoos and aquariums and also serve as public ambassadors for the animals. This book offers an overview of the profession geared toward new animal keepers and anyone who needs a foundational account of the topics most important to the day-to-day care of zoo and aquarium animals.

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As species extinction, environmental protection, animal rights, and workplace safety issues come to the fore, zoos and aquariums need keepers who have the technical expertise and scientific knowledge to keep animals healthy, educate the public, and create regional, national, and global conservation and management communities.

This textbook offers a comprehensive and practical overview of the profession geared toward new animal keepers and anyone who needs a foundational account of the topics most important to the day-to-day care of zoo and aquarium animals. The three editors, all experienced in zoo animal care and management, have put together a cohesive and broad-ranging book that tackles each of its subjects carefully and thoroughly.

The contributions cover professional zookeeping, evolution of zoos, workplace safety, animal management, taxon-specific animal husbandry, animal behaviour, veterinary care, public education and outreach, and conservation science. Using the newest techniques and research gathered from around the world, Zookeeping is a progressive textbook that seeks to promote consistency and the highest standards within global zoo and aquarium operations.

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Zookeeping is celebrated as a comprehensive resource essential for zoo professionals, from novices to veterans. Praised for covering diverse aspects—from animal welfare to zoo management—it fills a significant gap in the field. With contributions from numerous experts, it serves as both a foundational handbook and an invaluable resource for advancing animal care standards.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780226925318

Publisher: The University of Chicago Press

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 09 December 2013

Country: United States

Imprint: University of Chicago Press

Contributors:

Edited by Mark D. Irwin
Edited by John B. Stoner
Edited by Aaron M. Cobaugh

Audience: Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 4.0mm

Width: 22.0mm

Height: 29.0mm

Weight: 1786g

Pages: 688

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Education & Reference Non-Fiction Science & Nature

About the Author

Mark D. Irwin is a licensed veterinarian and associate professor who leads the Zoo Technology program at Jefferson Community College, SUNY, in Watertown, NY, where he trains future zookeepers. John B. Stoner has decades of experience in zoo animal care as a keeper and animal care manager at the Toronto Zoo and is an adjunct faculty member of Sheridan College in Brampton, Ontario, where he teaches exotic animal science. Aaron M. Cobaugh is associate professor and coordinator of the Animal Management program at Niagara County Community College, SUNY, in Sanborn, NY, where he teaches zoo-related courses that train future zookeepers, and is a former keeper himself.