Captive Ambassadors: The Hidden Lives of Zoo Animals /
Captive Ambassadors challenges the notion of zoo animals as "ambassadors" for their species, revealing the exploitative marketing tactics behind their individualized narratives. Drawing on cognitive and behavioral ethology, transspecies psychology, and critical anthropomorphism, this multi...
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Language: English
Published:
Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2025.
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Human-Animal Studies ;
29.
Social Sciences E-Books Online, Collection 2026.
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Call Number: PZ7.S588
- List of Figures
- Introduction
- 1 The Zoo-Industrial Complex
- 1 What is a Zoo?
- 2 Zoo Animal Biographies
- 3 Individualization, Pseudo-Individualization, and Instrumental Individualization
- 4 Zoo Animal Ambassadors
- 2 Anthropomorphism and Animal Ambassadors
- 1 What is Anthropomorphism?
- 2 Critical Anthropomorphism
- 3 Strategic Anthropomorphism and Marketing Animal Individuals
- 4 Animal Cultures and Animal 'Names'
- 5 Anthropomorphism in the Gift Shop
- 6 Captive Painters and Musicians
- 7 From Enrichment to Entertainment
- 8 Captive Performers
- 9 When Anthropomorphism Goes Wrong
- 3 Educational Animal Ambassadors
- 1 Educational Ambassadors
- 2 What Lessons do Animal Ambassador Experiences Teach?
- 3 The Invasive Human Gaze
- 4 Impacts of Educational Ambassador Programs on the Animals
- 4.1 Impact of Physical Proximity to Other Animals
- 4.2 Impact of Physical Proximity to Human Visitors
- 5 Virtual Invasiveness
- 6 Sensory Pollution
- 7 Aquatic Ambassadors on Display
- 4 Iconic Conservation Ambassadors and Genetic Conservation Ambassadors
- 1 Iconic Conservation Ambassadors
- 2 Genetic Conservation Ambassadors
- 3 Reintroduction to the Wild from Captive Breeding Programs
- 4 Reproductive Servitude
- 5 Translocation and Dislocation
- 6 Zoo Biographies of Conservation Ambassadors
- 7 The Disruption of Animal Cultures
- 8 Iconic Infant Animal Ambassadors
- 9 Passive Domestication and Behavioral Incompetence
- 10 Sacrificial Ambassadors
- 5 Surplus Animals
- 1 When Does an Animal Become a Surplus Animal?
- 2 "Managed Euthanasia" or "Zoothanasia"?
- 3 Animal Transfer
- 4 What 'Animal Transfer' Means for Animals
- 5 From the Zoo to a 'Career' in Entertainment
- 6 Zoos and the Exotic Pet Trade
- 7 From Ambassador to Target
- 8 Sanctuary
- 9 The Ethics of Animal Sanctuaries
- 10 Sanctuary Animal Biographies
- 11 Transformed Lives
- 12 Biographical Depth
- 13 Beyond Pseudo-Individualization
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
- Animal Biographies Appendix
- Index.