International Zoo Yearbook

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The International Zoo Yearbook article 'Enriching the lives of bears in Zoos' has been featured by National Geographic online.

Bears have a long history in captivity and, in recent times, various enrichment techniques have been developed to stimulate the complex behavioural repertoire of these species. Enrichment strategies, where possible, should allow for an expression of natural behaviours observed in the wild... Read more of this paper FREE online

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Latest Volume - COMING SOON IN 2012
Volume 46: New World Primates

Guest Editors: Gustl Anzenberger, Universität Zürich, Switzerland, and
Anthony B. Rylands, Conservation International, USA

New World monkeys make up about one-third of the order primates. For zoos and their visitors New World monkeys are attractive species owing to their medium to small size, which allows them to be exhibited in more naturally furnished and relatively large enclosures, or even under free-roaming conditions. All species are arboreal, with the larger species having a prehensile tail enabling a very specific mode of locomotion. Marmosets and tamarins live in family groups and generally have twin births which, together with allo-maternal care of infants, provide a rich addition to any collection.

To date, two volumes of the International Zoo Yearbook have been devoted to New World Primates; Volume 12 (1972) and Volume 22 (1982). The upcoming volume has to consider three decades of change and progress in the conservation and zoo biology of New World primates. Although habitat destruction is threatening many Neotropical primate species, as it is many other taxa, there is also stunning good news. As a result of the combined efforts of zoos and conservationists, in 2003 the Golden lion tamarin Leontopithecus rosalia was down listed from Critically Endangered to Endangered on The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, as was the Black lion tamarin Leontopithecus chrysopygus in 2008.

The New World Primate section in this volume will deal with the situation in the wild, including conservation projects and field studies. Leading projects on combined in situ and ex situ efforts will also be presented, illustrating the ongoing importance of zoos in such endeavours. Finally, maintenance, husbandry and breeding of New World monkeys will be considered. This volume will give testimony to the fact that, although much has been achieved during the last three decades, there is still a great deal of work ahead, especially with regard to conservation efforts.

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Read the fully digitized backfiles from the Zoological Society of London. View seminal works from early explorers and zoologists and follow developments through to modern day zoological science. Notable contributors include Huxley, Owen, Wallace, Gray, Johnston, Blyth, Bell and Tickell. The Proceedings and Transactions also include colour plates from wildlife artists John Gould, Joseph Wolf and Edward Lear.

• Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London: 1830 - 1965

• Transactions of the Zoological Society of London: 1833 - 1984

• Journal of Zoology: 1965, Vol 146 issue 1 to date

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