Animal Welfare: Assessing Animal Welfare Standards in Zoological and Recreational Parks in South East Asia

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As public attitudes toward animal welfare and ethics have changed markedly in many parts of the world, it becomes imperative to update ethical and animal welfare status of zoos in Asia to the academic community and general public. This book for the first time examines the underlying causes of animal welfare problems in zoological and recreational parks throughout South East Asia and suggests scientific ways to improve professional standards. This monograph gives brief account of a variety of common problems zoos and recreational parks face in terms of ethics and welfare today. It introduces basic welfare problems and the concept of zoo assessments and how they improve welfare standards for many of the captive animals. Data on zoo animal welfare in Asia are limited to some journal articles and newspaper reports. Therefore this book should serve as an introductory, supplementary and reference text for animal welfare and ethics related courses in colleges, universities and other institutes of higher learning around the globe.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Govindasamy Agoramoorthy

Govindasamy Agoramoorthy has taught, lectured, and conducted research in primatology, zoo biology, wildlife and environmental sciences at several universities and research institutions in India, USA, Belgium, Netherlands, Liberia, Venezuela, Argentina, Taiwan, Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia, Philippines and other countries. He became the first biologist to conduct surveys for forest primates and white-breasted guinea fowls in Liberia (West Africa) on behalf of the World Wide Fund for Nature. He was Visiting Scientist at Smithsonian Institution (Washington, D.C.) between 1989 and 1993. He is currently Professor at Tajen University, Taiwan. He serves in the advisory board of several international environmental groups and scientific journals. He has been the Chairman of Ethics and Welfare (SEAZA) since 1998 and he continues to improve animal welfare standards. He has published over 150 research papers in international journals. Agoramaoorthy is a renowned biologist, professor and theorist in the fields of nature, society, and animal/human rights.