A COMPARISON OF ATTITUDES TOWARDS ANIMAL WELFARE BETWEEN BRITISH AND JAPANESE ZOO VISITORS: WHERE AND WHEN DO CULTURAL DIFFERENCES DIVERGE?

A comparison of attitudes towards animal welfare between British and Japanese zoo visitors: Where and when do cultural differences diverge?

Scientific evidence should form the basis for policy and practice decisions concerning animal welfare.However, cultural attitudes inevitably influence decision-making processes.We conducted a survey of general attitudes towards the welfare of zoo-housed animals, live prey feeding and trust in zoo management in British and Japanese zoo visitors (1,6

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Study of blind thrust faults underlying Tokyo and Osaka urban areas using a combination of high-resolution seismic reflection profiling and continuous coring

We acquired high-resolution seismic reflection profiles and continuously cored boreholes to evaluate active flexures produced by major blind thrust fault systems within two densely populated Neogene-Quaternary sedimentary basins in Japan: the Fukaya Fault System near Tokyo in the Kanto Basin and the Uemachi Fault System in the Osaka

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