Maślak Robert, Sergiel Agnieszka, Bowles David, Paśko Łukasz
a Department of Evolutionary Biology and Conservation of Vertebrates , Institute of Environmental Biology, University of Wroclaw , Wroclaw , Poland.
b Department of Wildlife Conservation , Institute of Nature Conservation, Polish Academy of Sciences , Krakow , Poland.
J Appl Anim Welf Sci. 2016;19(1):24-36. doi: 10.1080/10888705.2015.1071671. Epub 2015 Oct 9.
The welfare of captive bears became a big issue of concern in Poland when a case of a bear being ill-treated became a high-profile case in the media. This case created a challenge to verify, study, and understand the main problems associated with bear keeping so that zoos could significantly improve the conditions in which they keep bears or ensure they keep bears at the minimum required standards. The results presented here are from 1 of the few countrywide studies of captive bear conditions conducted in all the captive institutions in Poland that keep bears. Thirteen institutions kept bears at the time of the study (2007-2009), including 54 individuals of 5 species. Major welfare problems were identified, and the results have been used to challenge zoos to address the changes required and focus the government's attention on areas that require legislative improvement.
当一起熊被虐待的事件成为媒体上备受瞩目的案件时，圈养熊的福利问题在波兰成为了一个备受关注的重大问题。这起案件对核实、研究和理解与圈养熊相关的主要问题构成了挑战，以便动物园能够显著改善圈养熊的条件，或者确保它们按照最低要求标准圈养熊。这里呈现的结果来自波兰少数几个对所有圈养熊的机构进行的全国性圈养熊状况研究之一。在研究期间（2007 - 2009年），有13个机构圈养熊，包括5个物种的54只熊。确定了主要的福利问题，这些结果被用来促使动物园应对所需的改变，并使政府将注意力集中在需要立法改进的领域。
