Animals — Us and them? What is the purpose of zoos in an extinction crisis?
Zoos are changing — they are no longer just places for us humans to gawk at animals in cages. In the midst of a global extinction crisis, they are now playing a vital role. So what is their future?
This event was recorded at the International Society of Behavioural Ecology Congress in Melbourne on 2 October 2024, with thanks to organiser Professor Andy Bennett from the University of Melbourne.
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Speakers
Dr Sally Sherwin
Director of Wildlife Conservation and Science, Zoos Victoria
Professor John Woinarski
Conservation biologist, Charles Darwin University
Author, A Bat's End: The Christmas Island Pipistrelle, Cats in Australia: companion and killer and more
Director, Australian Wildlife Conservancy
Co-chair, IUCN Australasian Marsupial and Monotreme Specialist Group
Member of the science advisory committees of Zoos Victoria and of Invertebrates Australia
Associate Professor Lee Berger
Melbourne Veterinary School
Fellow of the Australian Academy of Science
Professor Dan Blumstein
Professor of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Professor in the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, University of California, Los Angeles
Dr Jen Martin (host)
Associate Professor in Science Communication, and founder of the Science Communication Teaching Program, University of Melbourne
Host, Triple R community radio
Author, Why am I like this? The science behind your weirdest thoughts and habits