The impact of sanctuary visits on children's knowledge and attitudes toward primate welfare and conservation.

ABSTRACT: Primate sanctuaries provide a solution for the increasing number of primates being taken from their home countries to support the demands of the illegal pet trade. To help end the primate trade and raise awareness about the risks this trade poses to delicate ecosystems, sanctuaries are increasingly developing conservation education programs. Education and raising awareness must be one of the primary roles of primate sanctuaries. However, there are few evaluations of the impacts of conservation education programs for school children published in scientific literature. To address this gap, we conducted an evaluation of educator-led visits of school children at Fundació Mona, a primate sanctuary located in Catalunya, Spain. Questionnaires for an experimental and control group were conducted w

SUBMITTER: Feliu O 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10284066 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature