Tourism and Animal Welfare

Professor Neil Carr is part of the Department of Tourism at the University of Otago and a former Editor of Annals of Leisure Research. His research focuses on understanding behaviour within tourism and leisure experiences, with a particular emphasis on children and families, sex, and animals. Since gaining his PhD from the University of Exeter he has worked at the University of Hertfordshire (UK), University of Queensland (Australia), and most recently the University of Otago (New Zealand). Donald M. Broom, Emeritus Professor of Animal Welfare, Cambridge University, Department of Veterinary Medicine, has developed concepts and methods of the scientific assessment of welfare and studied: cognitive abilities of animals, the welfare of animals in relation to housing and transport, abnormal behaviour in humans and other species, attitudes to animals, sustainable livestock production and ethics of animal usage. He has published over 400 refereed papers and 12 books including: Stress and Animal Welfare (2nd edition 2019 Springer), The Evolution of Morality and Religion (2003 CUP), Sentience and Animal Welfare (2014 CABI), Tourism and Animal Welfare (2018 CABI) and Domestic Animal Behaviour and Welfare (6th edition 2022 CABI),. Brent Lovelock is a Professor in the Department of Tourism, University of Otago. He researches on a number of topics that are relevant to this book: nature-based tourism; sustainable and regenerative tourism; and human-nature relations. He is currently co-authoring/editing books on regenerative tourism and tourism ethics.

• 1: Introduction PART I: A CONCEPTUAL AND HISTORICAL FOUNDATION 2: Animal Sentience, Ethics and Welfare 3: The Position of Animals in Tourism 4: Animal Welfare and Tourism: Are the Aims Mutually Exclusive or Potentially Inclusive? PART II: TALES FROM THE FRONT LINE: ANIMAL WELFARE ORGANIZATIONS AND ANIMAL TOURISM PROVIDERS 5: Public Aquariums in the 21st Century – What’s Next, Before It’s Too Late? 6: A Tale of Two Zoos: Tourism and Zoos in the 21st Century 7: A Comparison of Tourism and Food-provisioning Among Wild Bottlenose Dolphins at Monkey Mia and Bunbury, Australia 8: The Tourism Industry and Shark Welfare 9: Tourism, Wildlife Conservation and Animal Welfare 10: Managing Tourism’s Animal Footprint 11: Elephants and Tourism 12: Lessons from Winnie-the-Pooh: How Responsible Bear Tourism Can Teach Us Respect and Compassion, and Benefit Bears 13: Donkeys and Mules and Tourism 14: Cats and Dogs International 15: Animal Welfare – Driving Improvements in Tourism Attractions 16: Animal Welfare and Tourism: The Threat to Endangered Species 17: Sport Hunting Tourism 18: Ethical Hunting PART III: 19: The Future and Moving Forward Together