BIOC62H3 Chapter Notes - Chapter 3: Heini Hediger, Insitu, Giant Panda
4 Feb 2017
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Chapter 3: zoos in focus public exhibition or conservation. 1st ex of exotic animal collection: royal menageries of wealthy rulers like. Before home entertainment, zoo functioned as primary leisure destinations: used to be the only place to learn about exotic wildlife. Ethnographic exhibitions: native people demonstrated the techniques of. Carl (agenback: world(cid:495)s leading supplier of wild animals. (agenbeck starts the tierpark (cid:523)(cid:494)animal park(cid:495)(cid:524)= animals displayed in natural setting and (cid:494)open(cid:495)-enclosures (cageless displays) Putting animals in semi-natural env helped make the link between animals: appalling cases of exhibition! and their natural environments. Animals were still arranged taxonomically with little regard for social grouping. Heini hediger: approached the zoo from a biological perspective, considered the (cid:494)psychological space(cid:495) needed in an enclosure. He told the value of natural diet and said animals should be in appropriate social groupings and be able to escape from public/each other when needed.
