Keulartz, Jozef. “Captivity for Conservation? Zoos at a Crossroads.”

Keulartz analyses the current need for a new zoo paradigm which he calls the integrated approach. This paradigm aims to create a morally acceptable balance between animal welfare and species conservation and seeks to transform the zoo primarily into a conservation center. His focus on how this approach would affect zoo-policies around education and animal collections  and its implementation demonstrates how zoos in the Anthropocene could become important spaces for conservation. 

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Keulartz, Jozef. 2016. “Captivity for Conservation? Zoos at a Crossroads.” In Animal Ethics in the Age of Humans: Blurring Human-animal Relationships, edited by Bernice Bovenkerk and Jozef Keulartz, 335 – 355. New York: Springer