Index of Pages
Aggression 73, 78, 81, 86, 88, 91
Animal Bill of Rights 198
Anxiety 118-9
Association of Circus Proprietors 28, 32, 224-6, 234
Bears 85-87, 100
Behavioural abnormalities 71, 77-8, 80-1, 86, 87, 89
Behavioural distress 69
Behavioural restrictions 64-9
Birds 39, 175
Blackpool 33
Breeding 51, 56-7, 175, 202, 208
Business 166-8
Camels (camelids) 87-9, 95, 101
Carnivores 27-30, 51, 80-87
Cats, big 27-30, 65, 80-4, 96, 100, 203-5, 216
Chiron 8
Conflict 74, 79, 83, 86, 89, 92
Conservation 172-3
Cottle, Gerry 13
Cruelty 48-63, 111-3
Dawkins, Richard 19
Deaths 53-4
Defaecation 210
Decartes 145

Dignity

129-31

Disease 54
Disease, occupational 55
Distress, in big cats 80-4
               bears 85-7
               camelids 87-9
               elephants 77-80
               equids 89- 92
               training 118-9
Dogs 66, 101, 205
Domestication 154-160
Dominance 121
Donkeys 125
Drugs 57-8
Durrell, Gerald 162
Ecologically sound environments 179-85
Education in zoos 163-4
Eland 36
Elephants 32-5, 42-3, 45, 64, 69, 77-80, 96, 99, 201-3
Endangered species 162, 208
Entertainment 165-6
Equids 89-92, 157
Ethically sound environments 193-8
Ethologically sound environments 186-93
Exercise 207
Farm animal act 126-7
Force 61
Frustration 74, 79, 83, 86, 89, 92
Grooms 213-5
Handling 105-111, 203
Harrison, Ruth 9
Hassani, Circus 13
Holiday periods 207
Hoofed stock 37-9, 67, 100-1, 114-6, 206-8
Horses 37-9, 89-93, 100
Llamas 95, 126
Longevity 52
Mills Circus, Bertram 12
Morris, Desmond 217
Mules 89-93, 100
Nature films 130-1
Negative reinforcement 119
Ontogenetic change 75, 79, 84, 87, 89, 92
Performance 44-6, 102-3, 203, 215
Physical condition 52
Physical environment 24-30, 201, 203, 206
Physical restraint 61, 114-7
Pleasure 95-104
Positive reinforcement 128
Presenters 137-40
Primates 27, 51
Psychological health 63
Recreation 165-6
Reinforcement, negative 119,
                        positive 128
Research 162-3
Rolling facilities 206
RSPCA 8, 10, 230
Scratching facilities 206
Sensible priorities 211-3
Sex 59-60, 178
Singer, Peter 9
Skinner, B.F. 112
Snakes 39, 175
Social environments, for elephants 202,
                                 big cats 203,
                                 horses 207-8
Stereotypies 71, 78, 81, 86, 88, 90
Stockpeople 213-4
Surgery 58-9
Time budgets 74, 77, 78, 81, 86, 89, 91
Tradition, in circus, 139-40
Trainers 137-40, 214
Training 111-142, 202, 203, 209
Transportation 41-4, 103
UFAW 8
Ungulates, housing conditions 35-9
Way of life 168-72
Winter quarters 46-7, 103, 216
Word of mouth commands 117
Zebras 45, 89-93, 100
Zoo Check 49, 230

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