| Herding Monkeys to Paradise: How Macaque Troops Are Managed for Tourism in Japan Contributor(s): Knight, John (Author) |
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ISBN: 9004187936 ISBN-13: 9789004187931 Publisher: Brill OUR PRICE: $190.95 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: May 2011 |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Science | Life Sciences - Zoology - Primatology - Social Science |
| Dewey: 599.864 |
| LCCN: 2011002693 |
| Series: Human-Animal Studies |
| Physical Information: 1.5" H x 6.2" W x 9.2" (2.10 lbs) 648 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: This book is a study of the use of monkeys as a tourist attraction in Japan. Monkey parks are popular visitor attractions that display free-ranging troops of Japanese macaques to the paying public. The parks work by manipulating the movements of the monkey troop through the regular provision of food handouts at a fixed site where the monkeys can be easily viewed. This system of management leads to a variety of problems, including proliferating monkey numbers, park-edge crop-raiding, and the sedentarization of the troop. In addition to falling visitor numbers, these problems have led to the closure or fencing in of many parks, calling into question the future of the monkey park as an institution. |