Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Animal sentience, ethics and welfare -- The position of animals in tourism -- Animal welfare and tourism : are the aims mutually exclusive or potentially inclusive? -- Public aquariums in the 21st century : what's next, before it's too late? / Christopher Andrews -- A tale of two zoos : tourism and zoos in the 21st century / Lee Durrell -- A comparison of tourism and food-provisioning among wild bottlenose dolphins at Monkey Mia and Bunbury, Australia / J. Mann, V. Senigaglia, A. Jacoby and L. Bejder -- The tourism industry and shark welfare / Wilfred Chivell -- Tourism, wildlife conservation and animal welfare / Jane Goodall -- Managing tourism's animal footprint / Daniel Turner -- Elephants and tourism / Jan Schmidt-Burbach -- Lessons from Winnie-the-Pooh : how responsible bear tourism can teach us respect and compassion, and benefit bears / Sara Dubois --Donkeys and mules and tourism / Stephen Blakeway and Glen Olivier Cousquer --Cats and dogs international / Darci Galati -- Animal welfare - driving improvements in tourism attractions / Clare Jenkinson and Hugh Felton -- Animal welfare and tourism: the threat to endangered species / John M. Sellar -- Sport hunting tourism / Jane Goodall -- Ethical hunting / Brent Lovelock -The future and moving forward together.

This book addresses the issue of animal welfare within the tourism experience. Part I of the book provides a conceptual and historical foundation upon which to analyse animal welfare and the position of animals in tourism, and how these two issues intersect. Part II consists of 14 opinion pieces that discuss various issues associated with animal welfare and tourism. These pieces, presented as individual chapters, are written by tourism operators, tourism organizations, animal welfare and conservation organizations and advocates, or academics with particular expertise in the area of animal welfare and tourism and links to the industry. Part III talks about the future of tourism and animal welfare and charts a potential path for the future of the welfare of animals in tourism and a related research agenda. The book has 19 chapters, and a subject and author index.

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