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The impact of immersive exhibit design on visitor behaviour and learning at Chester Zoo, UK

As extinction rates accelerate, zoos have evolved from places for public entertainment to centres of conservation, education and research. Zoo-based learning is inherently ‘free-choice’, meaning it is subject to visitors’ personal experiences, knowledge and agendas. Naturalistic, ‘immersive’ exhibits are commonplace in modern zoos and should provide the sense of discovery that maximises free-choice learning. Chester Zoo is developing ‘Grasslands’, a multi-species, immersive exhibit based on African savannahs, due to open in 2023. To assess the educational potential of Grasslands, this

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Using natural history information for zoo animal management: a case study with okapi (Okapia johnstoni)

Until recently, the impact that the presence of conspecifics may have on stereotypic behavior in naturally solitary species exhibited in zoological institutions has largely been ignored. This study examined the effect of adding a visual barrier between animal holding areas at the Brookfield Zoo on stereotypic head-rolling behaviour in an adult female okapi (Okapia johnstoni). Instantaneous sampling was used to document the proportion of time the female okapi spent head-rolling prior to and after visual barriers were constructed. Behavioural surveys were

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