Barriers to Live Animal Handling Training for Zoo Volunteers

Zoos and museums utilize docents, or volunteer educators, to help educate and entertain visitors through live animal demonstrations. Preparing volunteers to handle live animals is complex because volunteers must learn animal handling techniques, emergency protocols, interpretive material, be able t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Tygielski, Susanne C.
Other Authors: Johnson, Bruce
Language:en
Published: The University of Arizona. 2005
Subjects:
zoo
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/194998