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ANIMALS ON SHOW RESOURCES

ZOOS

NON-FICTION BOOK EXTRACTS

  • Reading Zoos: Representations of Animals in Captivity. Randy Malamud.
    download PDF (2.3 MB)
  • Zoo Culture. Bob Mullan and Garry Marvin.
    download PDF (1.1 MB)

FICTION BOOK EXTRACTS

  • Hackenfeller's Ape. Brigid Brophy.
    download PDF (504 KB)
  • Daughter Buffalo. Janet Frame.
    download PDF (168 KB)
  • "The Zoo". The Farmer's Daughters: The Collected Stories of William Carlos Williams. William Carlos Williams.
    download PDF (940 KB)

MAGAZINE ARTICLES

  • "Why Zoos Disappoint". New Society. John Berger.
    download PDF (444 KB)
  • "The Shame of Auckland Zoo". Metro. Selwyn Manning.
    download PDF (2.6 MB)
  • "Cheetahs for Hire". SAFE Magazine.
    download PDF (652 KB)

POETRY

  • "The Zoo". Sappho Sakyi's Meditations. Edward Kamau Brathwaite.
    download PDF (276 KB)
  • "The Panther - Jardin des Plantes, Paris". New Poems by Rainer Maria Rilke. Rainer Maria Rilke.
    download PDF (104 KB)
  • "The Zoo". The Collected Poems of Stevie Smith. Stevie Smith.
    download PDF (124 KB)

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

  • "The Bear Essentials for Zoos". The Dominion Post. Mark Henderson and Diana McCurdy.
    download PDF (588 KB)

ELECTRONIC TEXTS

  • Enclosure Size in Captive Wild Mammals: A Comparison Between UK Zoological Collections and the Wild. Captive Animals' Protection Society.
    download/open external PDF
  • Animal Welfare (Zoos) Code of Welfare 2005. National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee.
    open external page
  • Animal Welfare (Zoos) Code of Welfare 2005: Report. National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee.
    open external page
  • Creature Comforts. Aardman Animation.
    open external page

CAPTIVE DOLPHINS AND WHALES

NON-FICTION BOOK EXTRACTS

  • "Shamu at Sea World". Cruising the Performative. Jane Desmond and Philip Brett.
    download PDF (560 KB)
  • "Paul Spong and Skana". Kararehe: Animals in New Zealand Art, Story and Everyday Life. Annie Potts, Philip Armstrong and Deidre Brown.
    download PDF (128 KB)
  • Whale. Joe Roman.
    download PDF (1 MB)

MAGAZINE ARTICLES

  • "The Future of Zoos". North & South. Mike White.
    download PDF (1.8 MB)

NEWSPAPER ARTICLES

  • "Dolphins - the Flipside of Fu". Sunday Star-Times. Claire Guyan.
    download PDF (384 KB)
  • "The Dolphin Dilemma". and and "The Sick Culture of Captivity". Herald on Sunday. Jane Phare.
    download PDF (532 KB)
  • "'End of an Era' as Last Dolphin Dies". The Dominion Post. Greer McDonald.
    download PDF (184 KB)

REPORTS

  • The Case Against Marine Mammals in Captivity. HSUS and WSPA.
    download PDF (1.1 MB)
  • "Cetaceans in Captivity" SAFE Campaign Report.
    download PDF (504 KB)

CARTOON

  • "Of course you know I'd rather eat your kid than entertain him, right?" Dan Piraro.
    download PDF (332 KB)

POSTER

  • Born Free - let them swim free. SAFE.
    download PDF (96 KB)

ELECTRONIC TEXTS

  • The Cove. Oceanic Preservation Society.
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  • "Last Dolphin Dies at Marineland". SAFE Supporter Bulletin #56. National Animal Welfare Advisory Committee.
    open external page

CIRCUSES AND RODEOS

NON-FICTION BOOK EXTRACTS

  • "Rodeo Horses: The Wild and the Tame". Signifying Animals: Human Meaning in the Natural World. Elizabeth A. Lawrence.
    download PDF (268 KB)
  • No-One's Ark: Exotic Animal Acts in the Circus. Tanja Schwalm.
    download PDF (400 KB)

MAGAZINE ARTICLES

  • "Rodeo: American Tragedy or Legalized Cruelty?" The Animals' Agenda. Eric Mills.
    download PDF (1.1 MB)
  • "Circus Campaign". SAFE Magazine.
    download PDF (572 KB)
  • "Monkeys Leave Circus". SAFE Magazine.
    download PDF (192 KB)
  • "Rodeo Cruelty: Nelson". SAFE Magazine.
    download PDF (192 KB)

LEAFLET

CARTOON

  • "That's interesting. I've always dreamed of running away and joining the jungle". Dan Piraro.
    download PDF (196 KB)

POSTERS

ELECTRONIC TEXTS

GREATAPES

NON-FICTION BOOK EXTRACTS

  • Gorillas in the Mist. Dian Fossey.
    download PDF (196 KB)
  • Great Ape Odyseey. Biruté Mary Gladikas.
    download PDF (460 KB)
  • "Chimpanzees - Bridging the Gap". The Great Ape Project: Equality Beyond Humanity. Jane Goodall.
    download PDF (1.1 MB)
  • "The Case for Personhood of Gorillas". The Great Ape Project: Equality Beyond Humanity. Francine Patterson and Wendy Gordon.
    download PDF (1.1 MB)

FICTON BOOK EXTRACTS

  • King Kong. Undated Draft online at Internet Movie Script Database. Fran Walsh, Philippa Boynes and Peter Jackson.
    download PDF (224 KB)
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ELECTRONIC TEXTS