Factors Influencing Zoo Visitors' Conservation Attitudes and Behavior

By Jeffery S. Swanagan. 2000

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Subfields: Genetics, Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law, Social Psychology

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Animal–visitor interactions in the modern zoo: Conflicts and interventions (2009, background): “Visitors who had seen an elephant show or demonstration at Zoo Atlanta were significantly more likely to return completed comment cards than visitors who had seen an elephant show at another location or not at all (Swanagan, 2000).”
A Closer Examination of the Impact of Zoo Visits on Visitor Behaviour (2008, background): “Swanagan (2000) demonstrated a relationship between visitor levels of interaction with elephants and their behaviour of signing a petition to keep the ban on the importation of ivory and taking solicitation cards to send to politicians about the issue.”
Enhancing the Zoo Visitor’s Experience by Public Animal Training and Oral Interpretation at an Otter Exhibit (2003, background): “Swanagan (1993, 2000) found increased support of conservation efforts in those visitors that attended a live animal demonstration when compared to visitors who passively viewed the exhibit.”
How does the zoo environment affect the behaviour of captive primates (2005, background): “Attitudes to conservation and awareness of the lives of animals can be improved when people have a positive zoo experience, ideally including close contact with animals (Kidd et al., 1995; Kreger and Mench, 1995; Swanagan, 2000).”
High School Students’ Attitudes Towards Spiders: A cross‐cultural comparison (2010, background): “Humankind is mainly attracted to large mammals like dolphins (Barney, Mintzes, & Yen, 2005 ), pandas (Bexell et al, 2007 ), and elephants (Swanagan, 2000 ).”
Does more interpretation lead to greater outcomes? An assessment of the impacts of multiple layers of interpretation in a zoo context (2009, background): “, 2008), including the impacts of interpretation in zoos, aquariums and non-captive wildlife settings (e.g. Adelman et al., 2000; White and Jacobson, 1994; Orams, 1994; Dierking et al., 2002; Rabb, 2004; Randler et al, 2007; Swanagan, 2000).”