| Description |
1 online resource (x, 293 pages) : illustrations (some color) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-283) and index. |
| Contents |
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. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Zoos.
|
|
Zoos. |
|
Animals, Zoo. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
|
| Other Form: |
Print version: Robinson, Phillip T. Life at the zoo. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2004 (DLC) 2004043893 |
| ISBN |
0231507194 (electronic book) |
|
9780231507196 (electronic book) |
|
0231132484 |
|
9780231132480 |
|
