Visitors' perceptions of zoo‐housed lesser anteater ( Tamandua tetradactyla ) welfare: Observation plays a larger role than a brief informative talk,Zoo Biology

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Visitors' perceptions of zoo‐housed lesser anteater ( Tamandua tetradactyla ) welfare: Observation plays a larger role than a brief informative talk
Zoo Biology ( IF 1.2 ) Pub Date : 2020-10-10 , DOI: 10.1002/zoo.21574
Florencia Chiapero _{1,

2} , Ricardo H. Ferrari ₃ , Agustín Guglielmetti ₄ , María C. García Capocasa ₅ , Juan M. Busso _{1,

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There is a growing ethical concern in modern society about animals' quality of life. We hypothesize that zoo visitors' perception of zoo animal welfare, particularly in the case of lesser anteaters, changes positively after listening to scientific information. Visitors observing active lesser anteaters in their enclosures at Córdoba Zoo (Argentina) were asked to respond to a questionnaire about animal welfare. The treatment group (T) answered the questionnaire after listening to a brief informative talk based on local scientific studies on lesser anteaters. The control group (C) answered the questionnaire without hearing the informative talk. Visitors (87.2%) considered biological, sanitary, and sociocultural aspects to be necessary conditions for optimum wild zoo-housed animal welfare. The majority of visitors considered that natural surroundings provide the highest level of welfare for wild animals. Visitors in the T group ranked the zoo as providing a higher level of animal welfare than those in group C. In reference to management measurements, the T group agreed on the positive effect of the application of environmental enrichment (Likert Medians: C = 4 and T = 5; p = .0443). On the basis of their perception, most visitors in both groups stated that the lesser anteaters at Córdoba Zoo appeared to be in a good state of welfare. We interpret this as meaning that, what these Córdoba zoo visitors personally perceived while observing the lesser anteaters carried greater weight than what they learned from the informative talk, though the talk did slightly affect their opinion.

中文翻译：

游客对动物园饲养的小食蚁兽 (Tamandua tetradactyla) 福利的看法：观察比简短的信息性谈话更重要

现代社会越来越多地关注动物的生活质量。我们假设动物园游客对动物园动物福利的看法，特别是在小食蚁兽的情况下，在听取科学信息后会发生积极的变化。参观者在科尔多瓦动物园（阿根廷）的围栏中观察活跃的小食蚁兽，他们被要求回答一份关于动物福利的问卷。治疗组 (T) 在听取了基于当地对小食蚁兽的科学研究的简短信息性谈话后回答了问卷。对照组（C）在没有听到信息性谈话的情况下回答了问卷。游客 (87.2%) 认为生物、卫生和社会文化方面是最佳野生动物园动物福利的必要条件。大多数游客认为自然环境为野生动物提供了最高水平的福利。T 组的游客认为动物园提供了比 C 组更高水平的动物福利。在管理措施方面，T 组同意应用环境丰容的积极影响（Likert 中位数：C = 4 和T = 5；p = .0443）。根据他们的看法，两组中的大多数游客都表示，科尔多瓦动物园的小食蚁兽似乎处于良好的福利状态。我们将其解释为意味着，这些科尔多瓦动物园游客在观察较小食蚁兽时的个人感受比他们从内容丰富的谈话中学到的更重要，尽管谈话确实对他们的意见产生了轻微影响。

更新日期：2020-10-10

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