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Center for Zoo Animal Welfare |
 | The zoo is the nexus where philosophy meets science, where concern for individual animals meets the more Darwinian view of the greater good of the species and indifference to the individual. There is an assumption that zoos are only helping animals, but little systematic work has been done to support that assumption. There is a significant need to better understand captive exotic animal welfare and to improve it.
| The Detroit Zoological Society’s Center for Zoo Animal Welfare is dedicated to bringing attention and resources to the science of zoo animal welfare. It assembles current knowledge of methods and best practices and identifies and conducts applied research on zoo animal welfare. Established in 2009, the Center for Zoo Animal Welfare provides a forum for policy discussion and convenes important dialogue on animal welfare policy and practices.
|  | | | Plans call for hosting a lecture series on applied animal welfare science and policy topics. The Center for Zoo Animal Welfare will also provide funding for applied animal welfare research outside the Detroit Zoo and will recognize significant achievements and advances in zoo animal welfare through an award. Our goal is to see the broader zoo community engaged in important dialogue on exotic animal welfare and moving to a greater awareness of the issues and the gaps in our knowledge. |
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