The ark and beyond: the evolution of zoo and aquarium conservation

Foreword / by George Rabb

Introduction / Ben A. Minteer, Jane Maienschein, and James P. Collins

Part 1. Protoconservation in early European zoos. 1. Animals in circulation : the "prehistory" of modern zoos / Anita Guerrini and Michael A. Osborne ; 2. The world as zoo : acclimatization in the nineteenth century / Harriet Ritvo

Part 2. The rise of US zoo and aquarium conservation in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. 3. Historic and cultural foundations of zoo conservation : a narrative timeline / Vernon N. Kisling Jr. ; 4. Teetering on the brink of extinction : the passenger pigeon, the bison, and American zoo culture in the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries / Mark V. Barrow Jr. ; 5. American zoos : a shifting balance between recreation and conservation / Pamela M. Henson ; 6. (Re)introducing the Przewalski's horse / Nigel Rothfels ; 7. Conservation constellations : aquariums in aquatic conservation networks / Samantha Muka

Part 3. Zoo and aquarium conservation today : visions and programs. 8. Committing to conservation : can zoos and aquariums deliver on their promise? / Rick Barongi ; 9. Saving Animals from Extinction (SAFE) : unifying the conservation approach of AZA-accredited zoos and aquariums / Shelly Grow, Debborah Luke, and Jackie Ogden ; 10. Integrating ex situ management options as part of a one plan approach to species conservation / Kathy Traylor-Holzer, Kristin Leus, and Onnie Byers ; 11. Zoos and gorilla conservation : have we moved beyond a piecemeal approach? / Kristen E. Lukas and Tara S. Stoinski ; 12. Lessons from thirty-one years at the Monterey Bay Aquarium and reflections on aquariums' expanding role in conservation action / Margaret Spring ; 13. The Phoenix Zoo story : building a legacy of conservation / Ruth A. Allard and Stuart A. Wells

Part 4. Caring for nature : welfare, wellness, and natural connections. 14. Bears or butterflies? : how should zoos make value-driven decisions about their collections? / Clare Palmer, T.J. Kasperbauer, and Peter Sandøe ; 15. Why zoos have animals : exploring the complex pathway from experiencing animals to pro-environmental behaviors / Alejandro Grajal, Jerry F. Luebke, and Lisa-Anne DeGregoria Kelly ; 16. People in the zoo : a social context for conservation / Susan Clayton and Khoa D. Le Nguyen ; 17. From sad zoo to happy zoo : the changing animal welfare and conservation priorities of the Seoul Zoo in South Korea / Anne S. Clay ; 18. Wildlife wellness : a new ethical frontier for zoos and aquariums / Terry L. Maple and Valerie D. Segura ; 19. Zoos and sustainability : can zoos go beyond ethical individualism to protect resilient systems? / Bryan G. Norton

Part 5. The science and challenge of the conservation age. 20. Opportunities and challenges for conserving small populations : an emerging role for zoos in genetic rescue / Oliver A. Ryder ; 21. Cloning in the zoo : when zoos become parents / Carrie Friese ; 22. Advancing laboratory-based zoo research to enhance captive breeding of southern white rhinoceros / Christopher W. Tubbs ; 23. Beyond the walls : applied field research for the twenty-first-century public aquarium and zoo / Charles R. Knapp ; 24. Frogs in glass boxes : responses of zoos to global amphibian extinctions / Joseph R. Mendelson III

Part 6. Alternative models and futures. 25. Sustaining wildlife populations in human care : an existential value proposition for zoos / Steven L. Monfort and Catherine A. Christen ; 26. Reflections on zoos and aquariums and the role of the regional biopark / Craig Ivanyi and Debra Colodner ; 27. Today's awe-inspiring design, tomorrow's Plexiglas dinosaur : how public aquariums contradict their conservation mandate in pursuit of immersive underwater displays / Stefan Linquist ; 28. Zoo conservation disembarks : stepping off the ark and into global sustainable development / Adrián Cerezo and Kelly E. Kapsar ; 29. Rewilding the lifeboats / Harry W. Greene ; 30. The parallax zoo / Ben A. Minteer