“In Sight, Insane”:animal agency, captivity, and the frozen wilderness in the late-twentieth century

• Published in: Environment and History
• Main Author: Flack, Andy
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: English
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: /dk/atira/pure/core/keywords/centre_for_environmental_humanities; Centre for Environmental Humanities; /dk/atira/pure/core/keywords/centre_for_humanities_health_and_science; Centre for Humanities Health and Science; /dk/atira/pure/core/keywords/cabot; Cabot Institute; Cabot; Ice Shelf; polar bear
• 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

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...