Investigating the welfare and conservation implications of alligator wrestling for American Alligators (Alligator mississippiensis).

Wildlife tourism attractions (WTA) are popular in the United States, but they may be harmful to the individual animals involved and we question whether they provide benefits to environmental conservation. Most research on the welfare and environmental implications of WTAs focuses on charismatic mamm...

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Main Authors: Casey Riordan, Jennifer Jacquet, Becca Franks
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2020-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0242106