The impact of human activities on zoonotic infection transmissions

MM Esposito, S Turku, L Lehrfield, A Shoman - Animals, 2023 - mdpi.com
Simple Summary Human activities, such as changing the environmental landscape or
developing animal-related tourist attractions and zoos, have greatly increased the …

Harm to Nonhuman animals from AI: A systematic account and framework

S Coghlan, C Parker - Philosophy & Technology, 2023 - Springer
This paper provides a systematic account of how artificial intelligence (AI) technologies
could harm nonhuman animals and explains why animal harms, often neglected in AI ethics …

[HTML][HTML] Satisfaction and sustainability concerns in whale-watching tourism: A user-generated content model

CJ León, C Suárez-Rojas, JM Cazorla-Artiles… - Tourism …, 2025 - Elsevier
This study examines the satisfaction and sustainability concerns of whale-watching tourists
by analysing user-generated content (UGC) on social media. A satisfaction model was …

The frequent five: Insights from interviews with urban wildlife professionals in Germany

SS Moesch, JM Jeschke, S Lokatis… - People and …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
Wildlife in cities divides people, with some animals bringing positive benefits and others
causing conflict, for example due to property damage. Urban wildlife professionals from …

Keep your distance: Using Instagram posts to evaluate the risk of anthroponotic disease transmission in gorilla ecotourism

G Van Hamme, MS Svensson, TQ Morcatty… - People and …, 2021 - Wiley Online Library
Mountain gorilla Gorilla beringei beringei trekking is a substantial source of revenue for the
conservation of this threatened primate and its habitat. Trekking, however, may pose a threat …

[HTML][HTML] Bringing Animals in-to Wildlife Tourism

SIM Speiran, AJ Hovorka - Sustainability, 2024 - mdpi.com
The objective of this paper is to highlight animal stakeholders, evidenced-based best
practices, care ethics, and compassion as essential components of sustainable wildlife …

Animal-visitor interactions in semi-contrived tourism settings: A study of 'meet & greets' in UK zoos

P Doodson, V Melfi, AD Webber… - Tourism Recreation …, 2024 - Taylor & Francis
Animal-visitor interactions are common in captive-wildlife tourism settings, but there is a lack
of research exploring what is on offer. This study defines and examines 'Meet & Greet'animal …

Rethinking interpretation to support sustainable tourist experiences in protected natural areas

G Moscardo, K Hughes - Journal of Interpretation Research, 2023 - journals.sagepub.com
Interpretation in protected natural areas can minimize visitors' negative environmental
impacts and encourage them to adopt sustainable practices at and beyond tourist sites …

[HTML][HTML] A social media-based framework for quantifying temporal changes to wildlife viewing intensity

K Papafitsoros, L Adam, G Schofield - Ecological Modelling, 2023 - Elsevier
Documenting how human pressure on wildlife changes over time is important to minimise
potential adverse effects through implementing appropriate management and policy actions; …

Gender and age, but not visual context, impact wildlife attitudes and perceptions of animals in zoos

AC Alba, GM Ferrie, MW Schook, M Leahy… - Journal of Zoological …, 2023 - mdpi.com
People's attitudes toward wildlife may impact their behaviors in support of conservation. We
surveyed people in the United States to determine if gender, age, or visual contexts …