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Article: SATURDAY PAPER PRESENTATIONS.
- Article from:
- Georgia Journal of Science
- Article date:
- March 22, 2001
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Section I: Biological Sciences
Room AB 109
Catherine Carter, Presiding
8:00 VISITOR RESEARCH AT THE ZOO: WE STUDY PEOPLE TOO Angela M. Swilley [*] and Mollie A. Bloomsmith, Georgia Institute of Technology and TECHiab, Zoo Atlanta, Atlanta, GA 30332. With the expansion of the goals of zoological parks to include research, conservation, and education, as well as recreation, the zoo has become a facility forced to balance the interaction of many goals and users. These goals can often lead to a conflict between what is best for the animal, keeper, and visitor. This situation leads to an immediate need to evaluate all zoo users. The visitor, the ...