What is it about?
Zoos and aquariums can influence people's attitudes about the environment. This study explores a complex but directional pathway in which the sense of connections with animals has a relationship with attitudes and self-reported behaviors about climate change
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Why is it important?
How do we define the zoo of the future? What is the best balance of high-tech and hands-on experiences? How do we turn millions of zoo visitors into social innovators and partners in real-time conservation? And how do we grow peoples’ capacity as agents of change? How can we engage as many diverse segments of society in conservation advocates?
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The global biodiversity crisis requires an engaged citizenry that provides collective support for public policies and recognizes the consequences of personal consumption decisions. Understanding the factors that affect personal engagement in pro-environmental behaviors is essential for the development of actionable conservation solutions. The relationship between affective connections to animals and proenvironmental behaviors. Available from: https://www.researchgate.net/publication/304031592_The_relationship_between_affective_connections_to_animals_and_proenvironmental_behaviors [accessed Apr 19, 2017].
Alejandro T Grajal
Woodland Park Zoo
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This page is a summary of: The complex relationship between personal sense of connection to animals and self-reported proenvironmental behaviors by zoo visitors, Conservation Biology, January 2017, Wiley,
DOI: 10.1111/cobi.12780.
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