Table 2.

Examples of animal welfare and animal management concerns.

Sample Animal Welfare Concerns	Sample Animal Management Concerns
The stage for the nighttime concert was placed next to the dolphin habitat. The day following the concert, the animals would not eat their entire diet or participate in training sessions.	In the bottlenose dolphin habitat, there is a sharp edge on one of the habitat walls. The edge needs to be fixed before one of the animals injures themselves.
2.The new species of macaw at the zoo engages in feather plucking approximately 12% of the time.	2.We do not have any information on appropriate diets, social groupings, or species-appropriate behavior for the new species of macaw we are bringing in next month.
3.Swimming in tight circles in the small habitat has led to spinal deformities in our sharks.	3.We do not have an extra habitat for our sharks to perform maintenance on the current exhibit.
4.The infant mortality rate for our flamingos is around 15%, which is much higher than other zoological facilities and the wild.	4.Our flamingo habitat is a dump-and-fill system instead of a filtration system. The system should be installed to continuously keep the water clean.