Gezondheid van dieren staat hoog in het vaandel bij Diergaarde Blijdorp. Binnen dit onderzoek is fruit uit diëten van verschillende primaten verwijderd. Er bestaan verschillen tussen gekweekt fruit en wild fruit. Gekweekt fruit bevat over het algemeen meer suikers in een andere samenstelling. Het vezelgehalte …

Burgers’ Zoo in Arnhem is een dierentuin in Nederland die bekend is om het verwerken van biotopen in dierverblijven. Het samenbrengen van bezoeker, natuurgebied en dieren in deze biotopen wordt ook wel ecodisplay genoemd. Burgers’ Bush is een ecodisplay waar het regenwoud is nagebootst onder een grote …

Zoos in Europe developed in different ways. Whereas zoos in West-Europa flourished in the 19th century, zoos in Middle and East-Europe experienced harder times. Nowadays zoos demand more from their zookeepers. But, zookeepers from the Croatian zoo Zagreb Zoo do not have the educational background that …

Due to improved zoo practices, longevity in zoo animals has increased. In comparison to the wild, many species become much older in captivity. Senescence follows a different path in each species and is therefore hard to generalize towards other species. Insights into the process of senescence in animals …

Every year more than 140 million visitors visit EAZA member zoos. To promote conservation to this enormous public of zoo visitors, EAZA launches annual conservation campaigns. Since the start of EAZA’s first campaign in 2000 they have been running 10 campaigns with a variety of issues that affect certain …

This research concerning the experience and future of zoos was carried out from 2011-2012 and takes regional ideas concerning Zoo Emmen as well as global visions into account. The research focuses partly on Zoo Emmen, its present attractions and visitors while also comparing and contrasting visions on …

Cooperative population management is essential for the long-term viability of animal populations held in zoos and aquaria. In several regions, zoos are working together on population management by cooperative breeding programmes. Since most of these managed populations are not viable, it is suggested …

The mission of the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria (EAZA) is to facilitate cooperation within the European zoo and aquarium community towards the goals of education, research and conservation. The reason why people visit zoos does not necessarily match these goals. These differences between …

Despite the polar bears’ long history of high popularity in zoo settings, many studies indicate that this wide-ranging species expresses many abnormal repetitive behaviours in captivity, such as stereotypic walking, head swinging and repetitive swimming bouts. This is also the case in the male polar …

In dit meesterstuk wordt onderzoek gedaan naar de invloed van woordflitsen als methodiek op de spellingresultaten. Na de beginmeting zijn gedurende vier maanden interventies gepleegd in de onderzoeksgroep. Na de eindmeting kan geconcludeerd worden dat het woordflitsen een positieve invloed heeft op de …