“In Sight, Insane”:animal agency, captivity, and the frozen wilderness in the late-twentieth century
In 1979 Bristol Zoo acquired a male polar bear named Misha. Although he was one in a long line of popular attractions, he behaved in ways that the public and, to a lesser degree, the zoological society increasingly judged to be disturbing. He endlessly paced back and forth in his enclosure, swaying...
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Language: | English |
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2016
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Online Access: | https://hdl.handle.net/1983/97dcf295-6228-4ef5-8225-7edbaad13bbd https://research-information.bris.ac.uk/en/publications/97dcf295-6228-4ef5-8225-7edbaad13bbd https://doi.org/10.3197/096734016X14727286515899 http://www.whpress.co.uk/EH/EH2219.html |