Digit Entrapment Due to Plastic Waste in a Verreaux’s Eagle Owl (<i>Bubo lacteus</i>)
Plastic waste has become a hot topic in sustainability and conservation, helped in part by popular documentaries which have highlighted the issue to the general public. Much of the current literature focuses on the effect of microplastics in the marine environment, with very little information on ma...
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| description | Plastic waste has become a hot topic in sustainability and conservation, helped in part by popular documentaries which have highlighted the issue to the general public. Much of the current literature focuses on the effect of microplastics in the marine environment, with very little information on macroplastic interactions or the terrestrial environment. In this report, the management of digit constriction due to macroplastic debris in a Verreaux’s eagle owl (<i>Bubo lacteus</i>) is presented, and the role of zoos in decreasing littering behaviour both within the collection and in the wider global context is discussed. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-826590dbf6eb42b4987efb2a3bf5e00d2023-11-23T17:15:56ZengMDPI AGJournal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens2673-56362022-09-013344244710.3390/jzbg3030033Digit Entrapment Due to Plastic Waste in a Verreaux’s Eagle Owl (<i>Bubo lacteus</i>)Lindsay Thomas0Phillipa Dobbs1Samantha Ashfield2Twycross Zoo, A444 Burton Road, Junction 11, Atherstone CV9 3PX, UKTwycross Zoo, A444 Burton Road, Junction 11, Atherstone CV9 3PX, UKTwycross Zoo, A444 Burton Road, Junction 11, Atherstone CV9 3PX, UKPlastic waste has become a hot topic in sustainability and conservation, helped in part by popular documentaries which have highlighted the issue to the general public. Much of the current literature focuses on the effect of microplastics in the marine environment, with very little information on macroplastic interactions or the terrestrial environment. In this report, the management of digit constriction due to macroplastic debris in a Verreaux’s eagle owl (<i>Bubo lacteus</i>) is presented, and the role of zoos in decreasing littering behaviour both within the collection and in the wider global context is discussed.https://www.mdpi.com/2673-5636/3/3/33Verreaux’s eagle owl<i>Bubo lacteus</i>macroplasticlitterdigit constriction |
| spellingShingle | Lindsay Thomas Phillipa Dobbs Samantha Ashfield Digit Entrapment Due to Plastic Waste in a Verreaux’s Eagle Owl (<i>Bubo lacteus</i>) Journal of Zoological and Botanical Gardens Verreaux’s eagle owl <i>Bubo lacteus</i> macroplastic litter digit constriction |
| title | Digit Entrapment Due to Plastic Waste in a Verreaux’s Eagle Owl (<i>Bubo lacteus</i>) |
| title_full | Digit Entrapment Due to Plastic Waste in a Verreaux’s Eagle Owl (<i>Bubo lacteus</i>) |
| title_fullStr | Digit Entrapment Due to Plastic Waste in a Verreaux’s Eagle Owl (<i>Bubo lacteus</i>) |
| title_full_unstemmed | Digit Entrapment Due to Plastic Waste in a Verreaux’s Eagle Owl (<i>Bubo lacteus</i>) |
| title_short | Digit Entrapment Due to Plastic Waste in a Verreaux’s Eagle Owl (<i>Bubo lacteus</i>) |
| title_sort | digit entrapment due to plastic waste in a verreaux s eagle owl i bubo lacteus i |
| topic | Verreaux’s eagle owl <i>Bubo lacteus</i> macroplastic litter digit constriction |
| url | https://www.mdpi.com/2673-5636/3/3/33 |
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