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Education of zoo visitors and Advocacy of Captive Kea (Nestor notabilis): A controversial species Written by: Louise Parker as partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Degree of Bachelor of Applied Animal Technology, Unitec, New Zealand, 2006 Supervised by: Dr Lorne Roberts, Dr Nigel Adams and Professor Natalie Warran November 2006 Journal Style: This report has been written in the style of the Zoo Biology Journal 2
Table of Contents List of Figures 5 Abstract 6 Acknowledgements 7 Introduction 8 • The changing roles of zoological parks 8 • Education in zoological parks 9 • Advocacy 12 • Kea Nestor notabilis 13 • The need for Kea advocacy 15 Research aim 18 Methods 20 • Group 1: Keeper survey 20 • Group 2: Before entering survey 21 • Group 3: Zoo visitors as they left survey 22 Analysis of data 23 Results 24 Group 1: Keeper survey 24 • Enclosure types 24 • Educational signs 24 • Educational keeper talks 25 • Training and conditioning 26 • Training and conditioning use in keeper talks 27 3
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