FW: Symposium on Asian primates

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Dr. G. Agoramoorthy

[agoram]

Symposium

 

We would like to invite colleagues to present papers

in our symposium titled " Asian primates in crisis and

the need to improve ethical and welfare standards to

sustain them in captivity " to be held at the IPS

Congress (Beijing, 4-9 August 2002). Please feel free

to contact me for further details.

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Dr. G. Agoramoorthy

Sun Yat-sen University

P.O. Box 59-157

Kaohsiung 80424

TAIWAN

 

Tel: 886-75252000 ext. 3623

Fax: 886-75253623

email: agoram

 

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ASIAN PRIMATES IN CRISIS AND THE NEED TO IMPROVE

ETHICAL AND WELFARE STANDARDS TO SUSTAIN THEM IN

CAPTIVITY

 

Organizers: Drs. Govindasamy Agoramoorthy & Minna J.

Hsu, Department of Biological Sciences, National Sun

Yat-sen University, P.O. Box 59-157, Kaohsiung 80424,

Taiwan.

 

The on-going illegal trade and uninterrupted habitat

destruction has been forcing Asian primates to local

extinction in many countries. The number of

confiscated as well as abandoned pet primates in Asia

has been increasing in recent years, which boost over

crowding and damage the quality of life for primates

in captive facilities such as zoos, ?ecreational

parks, and rehabilitation centers. As a result, the

basic principals of animal welfare such as, freedom

from hunger and thirst, freedom from thermal and

physical discomfort, freedom from pain, disease and

injury, freedom to express normal behavior, and

freedom from fear and distress are being ignored.

Public concern for zoo primates' welfare is evident in

many countries in Asia. It is important to understand

the ethical and animal welfare problems facing captive

primates in Asian zoos today in order to make

significant improvement in managing them in captivity.

This symposium will discuss issues concerning captive

primates in Asian facilities including topics such

as illegal trade, fate of confiscated animals, dumping

of rescued animal in zoos to increase over crowding,

captive animals in distress as a result of poor

management, and ways to improve standards of ethics

and welfare for captive primates.

 

Interested authors wishing to contribute to this

symposium can contact either G. Agoramoorthy

(agoram) or Minna Hsu

(hsumin).

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