Wildlife Tourism Malpractice Can Lead to Animal Poisoning with Plastics.

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dc.centroFacultad de Cienciases_ES
dc.contributor.authorMulero-Pázmány, Margarita Cristina
dc.date.accessioned2024-01-09T07:48:34Z
dc.date.available2024-01-09T07:48:34Z
dc.date.created2023-12-22
dc.date.issued2023-12-15
dc.departamentoBiología Animal
dc.descriptionWildlife watching of free ranging animals has positive effects on the people and the environment, such as providing income for species and areas protection and facilitating visitors’ environmental education. However, when visitors or tour operators ignore guidelines to protect wildlife, it can also have negative effects such as animals stress; alterations in space use and breeding success of certain species; and habitat degradation. This work reports a tourism practice that introduces a new potential risk for wildlife: animal poisoning, observed during a touristic boat trip in Lake Naivasha in Kenya. The guide stuffed a fish with polystyrene, whistled, stood up, shook up the fish to get the attention of the eagles, threw it to the water and an African Fish Eagle got it and ate it. Other tourist reports and online comments suggest that this practice is widespread and may be affecting other species and habitats. The use of polystyrene involves substantial poison risks including physical impairment and toxicological effects for the eagles, negatively affects other species and contributes to environmental pollution. In addition to the polystyrene-related risk that the study highlights here for its novelty, the touristic practice is based on wildlife attraction through artificial feeding that can alter natural animal behavior patterns and population numbers. The intervention of local authorities may be needed to discourage polystyrene use and control this inappropriate guides’ behavior. Besides, tourism education must be promoted to guarantee the compatibility of wildlife tourism with environmental protection.es_ES
dc.identifier.citationMulero-Pázmány, M. (2023). Wildlife Tourism Malpractice Can Lead to Animal Poisoning with Plastics. Journal of Raptor Research, 57(4), 667-670.es_ES
dc.identifier.doi10.3356/JRR-22-00111
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10630/28521
dc.language.isoenges_ES
dc.publisherRaptor Research Foundationes_ES
dc.rights.accessRightsopen accesses_ES
dc.subjectFauna - Efectos del turismoes_ES
dc.subjectAves - Hábitos y conducta - Efectos del turismoes_ES
dc.subject.otherAfrican Fish-Eaglees_ES
dc.subject.otherHaliaeetus vociferes_ES
dc.subject.otherArtificial feedinges_ES
dc.subject.otherMicroplasticses_ES
dc.subject.otherPolystyrenees_ES
dc.subject.otherWildlife poisoninges_ES
dc.subject.otherWildlife tourismes_ES
dc.titleWildlife Tourism Malpractice Can Lead to Animal Poisoning with Plastics.es_ES
dc.typejournal articlees_ES
dc.type.hasVersionVoRes_ES
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