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Life at the zoo : behind the scenes with the animal doctors /
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| Lenguaje: | English |
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New York :
Columbia University Press,
c2004.
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Tabla de Contenidos:
- Intern at the zoo : an eclectic orientation
- Too early for the autopsy: fitting in at the zoo
- Growing pains: educating the menagerie makers
- The keepers: nurturing the health of animals
- Zoo babies: promoting motherhood
- Exhibit making : creating zoo ecosystems
- Creature comfort: the power of micro environments
- What's this thing? Searching for the normal
- Holding the tiger: zoos say yes to drugs
- Finding the sick in the zoo: seeking out disease and discomfort
- Feeding the ark: the nutritional wisdom of the animals
- Getting closer to animals: Judas goats and Alpaca coats
- So, you work at the zoo? Employees, visitors, and fence jumpers
- Animal cases and chases : and some things better kept to myself
- Zoo regulars : coworkers without titles
- Ethical captivity: animal well-being in zoos
- What a zoo should be, and ought not be.