4. The Keepers: Nurturing the Health of Animals

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS v
3. PREFACE vii
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. 1. Intern at the Zoo: An Eclectic Orientation 9
6. 2. Too Early for the Autopsy: Fitting in at the Zoo 19
7. 3. Growing Pains: Educating the Menagerie Makers 35
8. 4. The Keepers: Nurturing the Health of Animals 43
9. 5. Zoo Babies: Promoting Motherhood 59
10. 6. Exhibit Making: Creating Zoo Ecosystems 69
11. 7. Creature Comfort: The Power of Microenvironments 111
12. 8. What’s This Thing? Searching for the Normal 121
13. 9. Holding the Tiger: Zoos Say Yes to Drugs 131
14. 10. Finding the Sick in the Zoo: Seeking Out Disease and Discomfort 153
15. 11. Feeding the Ark: The Nutritional Wisdom of Animals 171
16. 12. Getting Closer to Animals: Judas Goats and Alpaca Coats 187
17. 13. So, You Work at the Zoo? Employees, Visitors, and Fence Jumpers 197
18. 14. Animal Cases and Chases: And Some Things Better Kept to Myself 205
19. 15. Zoo Regulars: Coworkers Without Titles 225
20. 16. Ethical Captivity: Animal Well-Being in Zoos 233
21. 17. What a Zoo Should Be, And Ought Not Be 269
22. Annotated Bibliography of Selected Works on Zoos 279
23. Index 285
24. Photo Credits and Attributions 293