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Visitor viewing behaviour in the Gaherty Reptile Breeding Centre, Jersey Wildlife Preservation Trust: a preliminary study
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Enhancing the Zoo Visitor’s Experience by Public Animal Training and Oral Interpretation at an Otter Exhibit
Ursula S. Anderson,Angela S. Kelling,Robin Pressley-Keough,Mollie A. Bloomsmith,Terry L. Maple +4 more
TL;DR: The findings suggest that public animal training and public animalTraining with interpretation produce more positive zoo experiences, training perceptions, exhibit size and staff assessments, and longer visitor exhibit stay times when compared to passive exhibit viewing and interpretation-only sessions.
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What Is the Zoo Experience? How Zoos Impact a Visitor’s Behaviors, Perceptions, and Conservation Efforts
TL;DR: Current research suggests that repeat visitors are more likely to engage in conservation efforts, little is known about causal factors related to such findings, and almost no research exists to-date comparing the conservation efforts of visitors vs. non-visitors.
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Relationships between exhibit naturalism, animal visibility and visitor interest in a Chinese Zoo
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors investigated the relationship between exhibit naturalism, animal visibility and visitor interest in a Chinese Zoo and found that the influence of animal presence on visitor behaviours was similar at both exhibit designs.
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Assessing Public Engagement with Science in a University Primate Research Centre in a National Zoo
TL;DR: First attempts to quantify relevant aspects of the behaviour of a sample of the hundreds of thousands of visitors who pass through the ‘Living Links to Human Evolution Research Centre’ in Edinburgh Zoo emphasise the importance and potential of zoos as public engagement centres for the biological sciences.