Wild Tigers in Captivity: A Study of the Effects of the Captive Environment on Tiger Behavior

Humans maintain wild animals in zoological parks for the purposes of education,conservation, research, and recreation. However, abnormal behaviors may develop in animals housed in human-made environments, if those environments do not allow them to carry out their natural behaviors (such as swimming...

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Main Author: Pitsko, Leigh Elizabeth
Other Authors: Geography
Format: Others
Published: Virginia Tech 2014
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10919/32620
http://scholar.lib.vt.edu/theses/available/etd-05122003-134456/