Department Chair
Andrew D. Nicholls, Ph.D. Professor of History
Date of Award
5-2016
Access Control
Open Access
Degree Name
Museum Studies, M.A.
Department
History and Social Studies Education Department
Advisor
Cynthia A. Conides, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History and Social Studies Education
First Reader
Cynthia A. Conides, Ph.D., Associate Professor of History and Social Studies Education
Second Reader
Noelle Wiedemer, M.A., Lecturer of History and Social Studies Education
Abstract
This thesis explores the ethics involved with institutions caring for living collections worldwide such as zoos, national parks, and aquariums. There are several main concerns that these institutions are currently facing: poaching, keeper negligence, euthanasia within zoos themselves, and public opinion. The moral issues engrained can help guide keepers of these collections to take better care of the animals for which they are responsible. It also explores specific cases in the past in which living collections have managed serious issues and how they resolved these issues.
Recommended Citation
Simms, Emily, "Struggle For Survival: The History and Ethics of Living Collections" (2016). Museum Studies Theses. 8.
https://digitalcommons.buffalostate.edu/museumstudies_theses/8
Included in
Animal Studies Commons, Archival Science Commons, History Commons
