Considering What Animals “Need to Do” in Enclosure Design: Questions on Bird Flight and Aviaries

Zoo enclosure design, and housing and husbandry protocols, will always be a compromise between what a species has evolved to do and what is possible to offer in a human-created environment. For some species, behaviours that are commonly performed in the wild may be constrained by husbandry practices...

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Main Authors: Paul Rose, Marianne Freeman, Ian Hickey, Robert Kelly, Phillip Greenwell
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2024-09-01
Series:Birds
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2673-6004/5/3/39