Documenting Aggression, Dominance and the Impacts of Visitor Interaction on Galápagos Tortoises (<i>Chelonoidis nigra</i>) in a Zoo Setting

Ensuring high levels of welfare is imperative for modern zoos, but such organisations must also engage visitors in order to successfully spread awareness and raise conservation funds. It is therefore important to understand the responses of animals to visitor interaction to optimise welfare. Often,...

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Main Authors: Laura Freeland, Charlotte Ellis, Christopher J. Michaels
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-04-01
Series:Animals
Subjects:
zoo
Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2076-2615/10/4/699