Right to leisure? Refocusing on the dolphin

Yerbury, Rachel; Boyd, William E; Lloyd, David; Brooks, Anna

doi:10.1080/11745398.2017.1314190

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“…Specifically, wild dolphin interactions enhance people's emotional states (Curtin, 2006;DeMares, 2000;Myers & Saunders, 2002), create nature connections or bonds (Curtin & Kragh, 2014;Wiener, 2013) and decrease anxiety and stress (Webb & Drummond, 2001). Despite these benefits, wildlife interactions are not one-way, and neither should wildlife be used as a commodity or negatively impacted in the pursuit of human wellbeing (Burns, 2015;Yerbury & Boyd, 2018b;Yerbury et al, 2017).…”

Section: Human Well-being and Human-animal Contactmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…We explore the human well-being benefits of nature through contact between people and wild dolphins; the term ''human-dolphin interaction'' refers here to the human experience of the interaction. We recently highlighted the dolphin's perspective and well-being in human-dolphin interactions, both in the wild (Yerbury & Boyd, 2018b) and in captivity (Yerbury, Boyd, Lloyd, & Brooks, 2017). While beyond the boundaries of this study, the authors espouse an ecocentric view which balances the rights and well-being of both humans and wildlife.…”

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confidence: 96%

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Dolphins and Human Flourishing: A Novel Application of the PERMA Model

Yerbury

Boyd

2019

Ecopsychology

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Humans and nonhuman animals belong to a network of living things that have existed and interacted for millennia. The Biophilia hypothesis highlights the innate human need for nature contact and connection to ensure human well-being. Evidence suggests that contact with nature and its components, including animals, can both enhance well-being and encourage human concern for nature. The current study details the human wellbeing impact of animals, specifically dolphins. Exploration of eight key informant narratives examined the research question, ''How do interactions with wild dolphins affect human wellbeing?'' Analyses reveal various subthemes clustered into five main themes: Connectedness, Relationships, and Reciprocity; Emotion and Aliveness; Meaning and Making Sense; Accomplishment and Intention; and Harmony and Engagement. There are strong parallels between the identified themes and Seligman's PERMA model. Interpretation of how wildlife experiences benefit humans concluded that the features of life necessary for human flourishing also characterize people's experience with wild dolphins. Practical implications for well-being benefits include health practitioner use of ''nature prescriptions'' and ''wildlife prescriptions,'' which may in turn foster a sense of responsibility and care for nature. However, the parallel dolphin well-being needs to be considered and a balanced and ecocentric view achieved. These areas warrant further research.

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Section: Human Well-being and Human-animal Contactmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 96%

Dolphins and Human Flourishing: A Novel Application of the PERMA Model

Yerbury

Boyd

2019

Ecopsychology

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“…In the field of tourism research, the analysis of status, significance and agency of animals has remained at a rather superficial level apart from some exceptions. Therefore, animals have mostly been considered as resources and passive objects which can be used for human purposes (Bertella, 2014;Yerbury, Boyd, Lloyd, & Brooks, 2017; see also Äijälä, García-Rosell, & Haanpää, 2016).…”

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Knowing through interspecies relationality in tourism? Animal agency in human-sled dog encounters

Äijälä

2019

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“…The housing of cetaceans in captivity is one of the most widely debated issues in the zoo industry on both ethical and animal welfare levels, (Grimm, 2011; Yerbury et al, 2017). Some also question the conservation value of captive cetacean programmes including presentations and encounters (Rose et al, 2017).…”

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Visitor attachment to dolphins during an interaction programme, are there implications to dolphin behavior?

Welsh

Ward

2021

Zoo Biology

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Millions of people visit zoos and aquariums globally each year, with a smaller number choosing to participate in animal interaction programmes which allows visitors closer contact with individual animals. These are reportedly having mixed effects in increasing conservation-related behaviors. Human-animal interactions (HAIs) during these programmes are generally positive experiences for the human participants, however are there behavioral implications for the animals involved?The Bottlenose Dolphin (Tursiops truncatus) is the most widely used cetacean for dolphin interactions, known as "swim with dolphin" (SWD) programmes. This study investigated visitor attachment to the dolphins they interacted with, whilst assessing behavioral implications of the dolphins. A total of 41 visitors to a Spanish dolphinarium, who participated in a SWD were surveyed using a modified version of the Lexington Attachment to Pets Scale. Alongside this, 15-min continuous focal samples monitored three female dolphins (D1, D2, and D3) aged 22-40, split into pre (n = 96), during (n = 96) and post (n = 96) SWD. 80% of visitors reported a sense of attachment to the dolphin they interacted with. An exploratory factor analysis extracted three factors from the survey, these were "relationships," "emotional attachment," and "non-attachment." A Friedmans two-way analysis of variance produced significant results for some behavior categories for each individual, including locomotory (D1: F 2 = 9.556, p < .01), rest (D2: F 2 = 14, p < .01, D3: F 2 = 10.889, p < .01) and individual play (D1: F 2 = 11.677, p < .01 D2: F 2 = 6.353, p < .05) however, pairwise comparison showed no differences pre-post SWD. In this context it can be implied that participating in the SWD was neither enriching nor aversive for the individual animals, although due to the small sample size further research is required. As visitors reported a sense of attachment post HAI, this can have applications in improving conservation education during SWD. This study has provided scope for further research into methods that facilities can use to utilize the emotional attachment developed to individual animals to facilitate learning about conservation issues.

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Right to leisure? Refocusing on the dolphin

Cited by 12 publications

References 86 publications

Dolphins and Human Flourishing: A Novel Application of the PERMA Model

Dolphins and Human Flourishing: A Novel Application of the PERMA Model

Knowing through interspecies relationality in tourism? Animal agency in human-sled dog encounters

Visitor attachment to dolphins during an interaction programme, are there implications to dolphin behavior?

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