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by Rob Laidlaw

Author:

Rob Laidlaw

ISBN13:

978-1554550258

ISBN:

1554550254

Language:

English

Publisher:

Fitzhenry & Whiteside; 1 edition (May 26, 2008)

Category:

For Kids

Subcategory:

Animals

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1721 kb

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Wild Animals in Captivity is a well designed, thorough, yet concise depiction of life for animals in captivity. This children's book by Zoocheck founder Rob Laidlaw is one of the most significant animal books that's been written in a long time. - The Vancouver Humane Society

Wild Animals in Captivity is a well designed, thorough, yet concise depiction of life for animals in captivity. Laidlaw's balanced presentation not only focuses on examples of inhumane treatment of animals in zoos but also gives instances of the best. Wild animals in Captivity will most certainly assist children in looking more thoughtfully at the zoos they visit. - The Vancouver Humane Society.

Wild Animals in Captivity book. Rob Laidlaw (founder of the wildlife protection organization, Zoocheck Canada, established in 1984) has investigated some 1 000 zoos around the world, from large to small; to the best – where the animals live in diverse and stimulating habitats – to the worst: roadside zoos where wild animals live in small, barren cages.

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Laidlaw effectively captures the plight faced by captive wild animals, even in major, apparently high-quality zoos. In four riveting chapters he explores first the general issues of life in captivity, then addresses specific, often severe, problems faced by polar bears, elephants, dolphins and Great Apes. A caged lion pacing back and forth on a worn path and dolphins swimming in unending circles are captive animals exhibiting stereotypies, or repetitive abnormal behaviors. These disturbing behaviors are a common sight in many zoos. Laidlaw effectively captures the plight faced by captive wild animals, even in major, apparently high-quality zoos.

Rob Laidlaw's award-winning children's books on wildlife and animal . If wildlife captivity is to exist and serve a beneficial purpose of some kind, it must undergo a paradigm shift.

Rob Laidlaw's award-winning children's books on wildlife and animal welfare issues. Fantastic arctic fox: animal walks 3,500km from Norway to Canada. Epic journey by female fox includes fastest movement rate for species ever recorded. Rob Laidlaw's Animal Protection Books. Author - Rob Laidlaw. This is an eye-opening look at the lives of captive wild animals-at bad zoos, good zoos, and the best wild animal sanctuaries. Read this Book on Epic! More Like This. Popular on Epic! Book Details.

I'm an author and an animal advocate. I hope my books encourage both kids and adults to get involved protecting animals.

No wild animals shouldn't be kept in captivity. It is inhumane to treat animals in a way not befitting of them, to place a wild animal in an enclosed environment against their will is one of those types of treatment. to explore as they see fit to do within reason. Short of that, they should be given time to integrate into a new environment slowly rather than confined to it immediately, so they could adjust. Either way, I don't think a wild animal should be kept in captivity against its' will.

Wild Animals in Captivity Author Rob Laidlaw asks the tough questions that zoos often avoid: should these animals be in there at all? This is an eye-opening look at the lives. Author Rob Laidlaw asks the tough questions that zoos often avoid: should these animals be in there at all? This is an eye-opening look at the lives of captive wild animals - at bad zoos, good zoos, and the best wild animal sanctuaries.

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A large family of elephants ambles all day along a well-remembered route across the hot African savanna. Halfway around the world in a zoo in Alaska, a single female elephant paces back and forth in her cramped, concrete pen. During the sub-arctic winter, she lives alone in a dark barn.

As it plods great distances across the ice in the Canadian Arctic, a polar bear continually sniffs the wind, closing in on a ringed seal. In a zoo in Jakarta, another polar bear lies motionless on the concrete floor of its enclosure, panting in the tropical heat. Its fur has turned green from the algae growing inside its hollow guard hairs.

These scenes are at the heart of "Wild Animals in Captivity" - a book that focuses on wild animals living in captivity around the world. "Captive animals become stressed when they try to act naturally, but can't," the author writes. "In many zoos, you'll see them pacing, weaving, or sitting motionless. This is the animal's way of telling us that it's bored and unhappy. Wild animals need a rich and varied environment-things to do, space to roam, social groups, families to care for."

This is an eye-opening look at the lives of captive wild animals-at bad zoos, good zoos, and the best wild animal sanctuaries.

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When Rob Laidlaw was a child his trips to the zoo left him with feelings of sadness because the animals held in captivity were kept in less than optimum conditions. Caged birds had no room to fly, monkeys were kept in small cages and there was a sad looking silverback gorilla that never failed to capture his attention. He "sat alone in a dark, concrete room behind steel bars and thick glass . . . with nothing for him to climb or play with." Rob, now the director of Zoocheck Canada, is determined to make a difference in the lives of these animals.

When animals are held in captivity, they do not act the same as those in their natural habitats and their lives are "completely dependent on people" and oftentimes exhibit very abnormal and unnatural behaviors (stereotypies). Other animals like elephants can develop infections in their feet and arthritis from standing on unnaturally hard surfaces and their inability to be able to rove long distances at will like they normally do in the wild. This book discusses and compares the differences, both mental and physical, between animals in the wild and those held in captivity. Meet Maggie, Keiko, Yupi, Wanda, Winky and learn about their fates. Read about the Five Freedoms animals should have and about the horrifying instances when they don't.

This is a riveting book and brings to light issues few adults are aware of, let alone young people. It is thorough, fascinating, alarming and the photographs almost insist the reader take a stance on the issue of keeping wild animals in captivity. With the emergence of the progressive zookeeper and people like Rob Laidlaw perhaps things will change. Would you like green algae growing in your hair? How about a case of unnecessary foot rot? Frank Buck didn't do us any favors when he started selling animals to zoos in the 1920s.

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Rob Laidlaw does a brilliant job of explaining the plight of captive animals through his stories, while not offending even the most sensitive children.

As a mother of a young child, I was thrilled to find this book and share it with my child.

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