Wild Animals and Leisure

Neil Carr is at the University of Otago and is the 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. He has authored and edited several books, including Dogs in the Leisure Experience (2014) and Domestic Animals and Leisure (2015).Janette Young lectures in health policy, politics and promotion at the University of South Australia. Her research interests are centred on the human–animal intersection, salutogenesis or what creates health and wellbeing, social justice and public policy. She has a background as a social worker in ageing, and project and policy work across a diverse range of human interest areas. As a social work student many years ago, Janette learnt that seeking to holistically meet the needs of some people has to encompass caring about the animals people care about.

• 1.Wild animals and leisure: An introduction. Neil Carr and Janette Young. 2. Human-wild animal leisure experiences: the good, the bad, the ugly. Monika Ferguson and Carla Litchfield. 3.Interactive zoo visitor experiences: A review of human and animal perspectives. Monika Ferguson and Carla Litchfield. 4. Consumer perceptions of keeping wild animals in captivity. Susanna Curtin and Eleanor Green. 5. Zoos and animal encounters: To touch or not to touch, that is the question. Neil Carr. 6. Being Camilla: The ‘Leisure’ Life of a Captive Chameleon. Samantha Wilkinson. 7. Human Leisure/Elephant Breakdown: Impacts of Tourism on Asian Elephants. Jessica Bell Rizzolo and Gay A. Bradshaw. 8. Volunteering for Bear Charities…what’s in it for the bears? Sheila Scutter and Janette Young. 9. Wild dolphins, nature and leisure: Whose wellbeing? Rachel Yerbury and William Boyd. 10. Angler and Fish Relations in the UK: ethics, aesthetics and material semiotics. Tom Mordue and Sharon Wilson. 11. Do wild canids kill for fun? Robert G. Appleby and Bradley P. Smith. 12. Ferals or food? Does hunting have a role in ethical food consumption in Australia. Heather J. Bray, Sebastian Konyn, Yvette Wijnandts, and Rachel A. Ankeny. 13. Conclusions: Charting a way forward. Neil Carr and Janette Young.